Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1904 . ;tf Orillia, fruited it in his garden in 1903, and says be kept samples until June. The specimenphotographed was sent us by him on the 16th of April, 1904, and was in line : K. (\ Hathaway, Ottawa, Illinois. Tree : Very hardy, pr(Kluctive, a slow grower, an early and an annual ]): Size mediutn, the sample i)hotographed was large, 3x3 inches, but some growersreport it small ; form roundish, conical, somewhat angular or lopsided ; color bright red with stripes of darker red andnumerous small grey dots,
Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1904 . ;tf Orillia, fruited it in his garden in 1903, and says be kept samples until June. The specimenphotographed was sent us by him on the 16th of April, 1904, and was in line : K. (\ Hathaway, Ottawa, Illinois. Tree : Very hardy, pr(Kluctive, a slow grower, an early and an annual ]): Size mediutn, the sample i)hotographed was large, 3x3 inches, but some growersreport it small ; form roundish, conical, somewhat angular or lopsided ; color bright red with stripes of darker red andnumerous small grey dots, on ayellowish ground ; when har-vested the skin is green, butduring the winter it takes onthe coloring above described,makings it very attractive ; stemstout, 4 of an inch long, set ina deep, uneven cavity; calyxhalf closed, segments erect, in amoderately deep,slightly i^laitedbasin, having five distinct ]:)ro-minences; core large, open,sessile. Flesh : Color yellowish ; tex-ture tender, firm, becoming to-ward spring moderately juicy;riavor ])leasant, Salome {(iihar/id).Value : Promising for export. Season : Xoveml)er to ^lay. Quality : Dessert or cookingfair to good. Adai)tation : Succeeds remarkably well in the County of Simcoe. Mr. C. L. Ste[)hens, ofOrillia, who has fruited it there, counts it one of his hardiest varieties. Mr. John Craig,formerly horticulturist at the Central Exjierimental Farm, Ottawa, reported that three treeshad been i)lant(Ml there in 1888, and had not been injured by the winter; he believed it pos-sessed of sui)erior hardiness. At our St. Lawrence station this apple has not been a success. Mr. Jones says in his reportfor 1902, Salome has fruited with me the second time, and although the tree is a hardy,vigorous grower, the fruit has proved very unsatisfactory, being of small size, less than twoinches in diameter, ])Oorly colored and liable to drop before maturity.* At our P>ay of Quinte station the fruit is reported as being medium to l
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