. The fruits of Ontario. Fruit-culture. 64. REPORT ON THE No. 24 RIBSTON (Eibstun Pippin). A highly esteemed English apple, largely planted in Ontario previous to 1860, but of late not so popular in commercial orchards. Ohigin : Ribston Hall, near Knaresborough, England. Tree : moderately vigorous ; fairly healthy ; not hardy at the north ; very productive ; an early bearer. Fruit : size above medium ; form roundish, slightlj conical ; skin rough; color russety yellow with stripes of red and often a red shade on sunny side ; stem short set in a wide often .somewhat russeted cavity ; calyx smal
. The fruits of Ontario. Fruit-culture. 64. REPORT ON THE No. 24 RIBSTON (Eibstun Pippin). A highly esteemed English apple, largely planted in Ontario previous to 1860, but of late not so popular in commercial orchards. Ohigin : Ribston Hall, near Knaresborough, England. Tree : moderately vigorous ; fairly healthy ; not hardy at the north ; very productive ; an early bearer. Fruit : size above medium ; form roundish, slightlj conical ; skin rough; color russety yellow with stripes of red and often a red shade on sunny side ; stem short set in a wide often .somewhat russeted cavity ; calyx small, closed in a narrow angular, ribbed basin. Flesh ; yellow ; texture crisp, firm, granular, juicy ; flavor rich, aromatic, subacid. Qu.\LiTV : dessert good ; cooking very good. Value : home market first class. Se.^son' : November and December ; keeps till January in a cool cellar. Ad.^ptation : succeeds in best apple districts, although it is somewhat hardier than Baldwin or Greening. One of ROXBURY [Boston Russet, Busset). the staple export varieties in many parts of Southern Ontario, because of its long keeping qualities. It resists scab well, but is subject to the codling, moth, unless well sprayed, and is inclined to drop earlj- from the trees, resembling the Greening in this respect. Origin : Massachusetts. Tree : fairly vigorous, spreading like Greening, but flatter in form of top. Fruit ; medium to above medium, roundish, oblate, sides not equal ; skin tough, green, nearly covered with russet, and having a brownish red cheek when fully exp)Osed to the sun; stem half to tfiree-quar- ters of an inch long in a medium sized, regular cavity ; calyx closed in a round merUum sized basin. Cuts show fruit less than normal size. Flesh : yellowish white ; texture almost coarse grained, moderately juicy; flavor mild, subacid pleasant. KoxBURY QuALiTV : dessert, fair ; cook- ing, good. Yatue : home and foreign markets good. .Season : .January to June.
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