Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1898 . Mezel. MORELLO. Downing thinks the name Morello is (English Morello.) An old reliable variety for cooking purposes, known in England for nearly three hundredyears, and deserving of wider cultivation in Moms, the Mulberry, from the dark purple colorof its juice, which resembles that of the mulberry ;a profitable market variety. Tree, habit, spreading, slender ; hardy and veryproductive ; vigor, medium ; Morello. Fruit, fairly large, roundish, nearly heart shaped,somewhat flattened on one side, with a slightly trace-
Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1898 . Mezel. MORELLO. Downing thinks the name Morello is (English Morello.) An old reliable variety for cooking purposes, known in England for nearly three hundredyears, and deserving of wider cultivation in Moms, the Mulberry, from the dark purple colorof its juice, which resembles that of the mulberry ;a profitable market variety. Tree, habit, spreading, slender ; hardy and veryproductive ; vigor, medium ; Morello. Fruit, fairly large, roundish, nearly heart shaped,somewhat flattened on one side, with a slightly trace-able suture. Skin, red, turning dark red or purple towardsmaturity ; stalk about If inches long, inserted in ashallow cavity ; stone small, slightly cling. Flesh, very dark red, texture, tender, juicy, acid,becoming more subacid and agreeable the more itmatures. Season, July 20 to August 10, in 1897. Quality, dessert, very poor ; cooking, first class. Value, home market, second rate. 38 FRUIT EXPERIMENT STATIONS. NAPOLEON. Napoleon Bigarreau, Royal Amu of California. A valuable variety of foreign origin. Perhaps the most productive variety known, yieldingfruit of the very largest size which is in good demand and, therefore, one of the most desirablevarieties for the commercial orchard. It has one serious fault, namely, it is very subject to therot, especially in wet seasons, and sometimes the whole crop of this variety is ruined by it.
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