Excerpt from Catalogue of Fruit, Pomological Department, Toronto, Canada The high character of Ontario apples is universally admitted. The product of no other country combines in so complete a degree the three great qualities of color, flavor and juiciness. Our clear' summer skies, rivalling those of Italy, paint our ruddier sorts in deep or delicate blushings, while the russets range from gold to darkest bronze in pleasing shadings. The long and gentle autumn exerts a mellowing influence upon the apple, in which nature's chemistry turns into delicious flavors and sub-acids the rich juices of this pleasant fruit, and some subtle climatic influence appears to lend power to the winter sorts to long resist decay. On the loth of May, 1886, the Royal Horticultural Society of Great Britain held a show, and Canada and Australia (then making a display at the Indian and Colonial Exhibition) were invited to participate. The Australian apples shown were gathered in March, and had just arrived by fast steamship, while the Canadian apples had been off the trees for from six to seven months. After careful comparison the judges decided that while the Australian apples were fresher in condition, and some of them larger than the Canadian, the latter were more highly colored and better flavored. The honors were divided, each exhibit receiving a silver medal and a certificate of merit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.