English: The best Fameuse apple tree in the orchard of Mr. Harold Jones, Maitland, Ont., from which he is selecting scions to top work all the trees in his new orchard.

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Title: Ontario Sessional Papers, 1908, No.13-19
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: ONTARIO. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
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Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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rfection as the same fruit in the western part of the Province. Mammoth Black Twig : Top grafted 1900, a hardy, vigorous tree, pro-lific, holding its fruit well, worth further trial. Palouse : Planted 1897, tree lacks vigor and is suffering from sunscald and canker, not desirable, no fruit. Parlins Beauty: Planted 1898, tree vigorous and hardy, forming aclose compact head, fruit large and handsome, comes into bearing slowly butis worth further trial. 1%7 FRUIT EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 53 Rome Beauty : Planted 1898. Tree healthy and vigorous; fruit largeand attractive; comes into bearing slowly; worthy of further trial. Shiawassee: Top grafted 1904. A slender vigorous grower, hardy tothe tips; fruit somewhat larger than Fameuse and more oblate; not so subjectto spot: flavor of good character. Evidently of Fameuse type, and well worthyof extended trial. Suttons Beauty: Planted 1896. A weak growing tree subject to cankerand sun scald; dying off from year to year. Not desirable and not hardy.
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The be^t Fameuse apple tree m ihe orchard of Mr. Harold Jones, Mait-land, Ont., from which he is selecting scions to top work all the treesin bis new orchard. Scarlet Cranberry : A slow, weak grower, subject to sun scald andcanker. Not desirable. Windsor Chief : Planted 1896. At one time this variety gave promiseof being a valuable winter apple for the province of Quebec, but in 1903-4the trees were nearly all killed in that Province. The three trees I haveplanted have shown moderate vigor, and are keeping fairly healthy, but slowto come into bearing. Worthy of further trial on account of its value asa winter apple. WisMER Dessert: Top grafted 1901. Vigorous, fairly hardy, showingsome canker at the crotch of the main limbs; fruit 2i to 2f; attractive; 54 REPORT OF THE No. 17 quality first class; a promising variety; season December to February 1st,after wliicli date it begins to break down and lose character. Promising. The only two profitable late winter apples that we have at presen

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