. The fruits of Ontario. Fruit-culture. home market August and Tolman. which may be grown farther north, when top grafted upon the Tolman than when upon common stock. Fruit: size medium; form roundish ; color light yellow, sometimes with reddish cheek, and a line from stem to calyx ; stem half an inch long, often inclined, inserted in a w-ide shallow cavity ; calyx closed in a small shal- low basin. Flesh: color white; tex- ture firm, fine grained ; flavor sweet, rich. Quality : dessert good ; cooking fair. Value : second class, ex- cept in special markets and in limited quantities. TOLMAN. (T
. The fruits of Ontario. Fruit-culture. home market August and Tolman. which may be grown farther north, when top grafted upon the Tolman than when upon common stock. Fruit: size medium; form roundish ; color light yellow, sometimes with reddish cheek, and a line from stem to calyx ; stem half an inch long, often inclined, inserted in a w-ide shallow cavity ; calyx closed in a small shal- low basin. Flesh: color white; tex- ture firm, fine grained ; flavor sweet, rich. Quality : dessert good ; cooking fair. Value : second class, ex- cept in special markets and in limited quantities. TOLMAN. (Tallmnn Siceel.) The best winter sweet apple; valuable for baking and by some people esteemed a good dessert apple ; useful also'as stock feed, in place of roots ; not of much value for export. Origin: a native of Rhode Island. Tree : a vigorous grower, very productive and very hardy ; valuable as a stock upon which to top graft other and more tender varieties, as, for example, the King, which is more productive, and tte Spy,. Season: April, November"! to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Toronto : printed by L. K. Cameron
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