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CanIan HorticultIist 



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THE TRIUMPH PEACH. 



VALUABLE commercial variety, to 

 follow the Alexander, but not very 

 ^^ popular on account of its heavy coat 

 of down, its dull color, and its susceptibility 

 to rot. 



Origin : Georgia, seed of Alexander. 



Tree : vigorous, hardy, very productive, 

 subject to twig blight and leaf curl. 



Fruit: 2 inches long by 2)^ broad, round- 

 ish, somewhat shouldered and flattened ; 

 color, yellow ground nearly covered with 

 red and markings of very dark red ; cavity, 

 deep ; apex, small, in a decided depression ; 

 suture distinct ; pit, semi-cling. 



Flesh : yellow ; texture, fine, juicy ; flavor, 

 sweet, rich and excellent. 



Season : August 15th to 20th. 



Quality: good. 



Value : home markets very good. 



Adaptation : Michigan, Ontario, New 

 York. 



PEACHES IN 1 901. 



The season opened at Maplehurst on the 

 27t1i of July, with the Sneed, the earliest 

 good peach, and one that well deserves to 

 to be planted freely. It is agreeable in flavor, 

 very juicy, but a poor market peach, because 

 it ripens too rapidly ; but it is much more 



desirable for dessert than such varieties as 

 Alexander, Hale's Early, Early Purple, 

 Rivers, etc. For shipping it must be pick- 

 ed while still quite firm. On the ist of 

 August we found many prematures already 

 overripe and fallen. 



The Alexander succeeded this variety 

 about the 5th of August, and kept up the 

 shipments until about the 13th. Owing to 

 the scarcity of the fruit the prices of these 

 early varieties were better than usual. 



The Triumph peach was harvested be- 

 tween the 15th and 21st of August, and was 

 the best market peach of its season at 

 Maplehurst. It is a yellow fleshed peach, 

 and not a close clingstone as most early 

 peaches, so that it suits a demand in Can- 

 ada for yellow fleshed peaches, The tree is 

 vigorous and productive, but is inclined to 

 blight as the fruit ripens if conditions favor, 

 a disease which sometimes attacks both 

 twigs and fruit. The fruit is dull in color 

 and very thickly coated with down, which 

 stands in the way of its popularity. 



Early Rivers is a white fleshed peach 

 about the same in season as Triumph (Aug- 

 ust 15th to August 25th in 1901) and was at 

 one time largely planted in Ontario. We 



