Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1898 (1899) (14802574203)

Summer Doyenne pear
Identifier: annualreportoffr1898frui (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1898
Year: 1899 (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
Digitizing Sponsor: Brock University - University of Toronto Libraries



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eldon of Huron, Wayne Co., N.Y. Tree, vigorous, erect, not very productive, late coming into bearing. Fruit, above medium in size, roundish, obtuse obovate ; skin, yellowish-green, coveredwith thin light russett, brownish crimson in sun, russet dots ; stalk, short, stout, in a narrowcavity ; calyx nearly open, in a broad basin. Flesh, creamy, buttery, juicy, sweet, aromatic. Season, October. Tested twenty years at Maplehurst. FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 71 SUMMER DOYENNE. Doyenne dEte—Hogg; Doyenne de Juillet—Le Roy. For the home garden this pear is most desirable, not only for its good quality for desseitpurposes, but because it has no competitor in the last half of July. It should be gatheredbefore it is mellow to preserve its juiciness, for, if ripened on the tree, it becomes mealy andinsipid. Its very small size makes it undesirable in the commercial orchard, especially nowthat we must compete with larger varieties from California which ripen earlier in that climatethan they do with us
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Origin, Dr. Van Mons, Professor at Louvain, Belgium, about 1823, at which time he hadon his grounds about 2,000 seedlings of merit. Tree, vigorous young shoots, light yellowish brown, of upright slender habit, an early andabundant bearer ; dwarf trees two years planted beginning to fruit ; succeeds as dwarf orstandard. Fruit, small, about lfx2 inches ; form, roundish, obovate ; color, green to lemon yellowwith brownish red cheek on the sunny side, and numerous grey dots ; stalk about an inch long,stout, attached in a very slight depression ; calyx, small, half open, in a shallow plaited basin. Flesh, white ; texture, fine, tender, juicy ; flavor, sweet and pleasant with slight aroma. Quality, dessert, very good ; too small for cooking. Value, too small for a market pear, except in limited quantities. Season, 15th to 30th of July. Adaptation, hardy in Southern Ontario : fairly hardy in Bruce and Huron. PEACHES. ALEXANDER. The earliest peach grown in the Niagara district and in Essex co