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Title: Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1896
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario
Subjects: Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario Fruit-culture Fruit-culture
Publisher: Ontario Dept. of Agriculture, (Warcick Bros.
Contributing Library: Brock University
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Ykllow Spanish—Fruiting Branch in 38 FRUIT EXPERIMENT STATIONS OF ONTARIO. Yellow Spanlsh. Of all the Bigarreau cherries this is one of the finest, both on account of its great size andits delicious flavor. The tree grows to a very large size, surpassing in this respect any othercultivated variety with which we are acquainted. It does not average very productive, becausethe fruit often blasts and drops, or is destroyed by Monilia. When, however, it does mature agood crop, as in 189G, the yield is wonderful; indeed in 1890 one tree at Maplehurst yielded360 quarts of beautiful fruits ! This of course was an exceptional yield, (See engraving offruiting branch. The variety is of European origin, and was introduced into the United States in 1800.
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Yellow Spanish. Tree, very vigorous, of large growth, spreading, very productive. Fruit, very large and of a beautiful waxy lustre; form, round, obtuse, heart-shaped; skin,clear amber, nearly covered with red when exposed to the sun; stem, stout, U inches long in awide cavity; suture, traceable. Flesh, pale yellow; texture firm, juicy, breaking; flavor, sweet, delicious when wellripened. Season, June 25 to 30 in 1896. Quality, dessert very good; market very good to best. Adaptation. Succeeds in peach sections, on well drained sandy soil. FEUITS OF ONTARIO. 39 STRAWBERRIES. Clyde.(Perfect blossom,.) Originated in Kansas, from seed of the Cyclone, about 1890, by Dr. Stayner, the Cyclfjtiebeing produced from Crescent crossed with Cumberland. Thus we find out where the Clydegets its great hardiness and productiveness, viz., from the Crescent. The first berries are aslarge as the Bubach and very productive. It grows very much like its parent Cyclone, also likethe Haverland. but more vigoro

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