Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1896 . Tree, healthy, vigorous, half-hardy,overcomes blight better than most var-ieties, very productive. Fruit, large, oblong, obtuse, pyri-form. Color, yellow, with very num-erous minute brown dots, often rus-setted at the apex. Stem, 1| incheshmg, in a small irregular , open in an irregular basin. Flesh, creamy white, tine grained,very butery and juicy ; flavor, sweet,perfumed, vinous. Season, September. Quality, dessert, very good, mar-ket, best. Adaptation, succeeds admirably insouthern Ontario, and as far north asour
Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1896 . Tree, healthy, vigorous, half-hardy,overcomes blight better than most var-ieties, very productive. Fruit, large, oblong, obtuse, pyri-form. Color, yellow, with very num-erous minute brown dots, often rus-setted at the apex. Stem, 1| incheshmg, in a small irregular , open in an irregular basin. Flesh, creamy white, tine grained,very butery and juicy ; flavor, sweet,perfumed, vinous. Season, September. Quality, dessert, very good, mar-ket, best. Adaptation, succeeds admirably insouthern Ontario, and as far north asour Bay of Quinte 20 FRUIT EXPERIiMENT STATIONS OF ONTARIO. Beurre Giffard. An excellent early summer pear, of large size and good quality. Probably none of itsseason is more desirable both for home use and market.
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