DESCRIPTION OF APPLES AND PEARS. 25! 



Excelsior. This with the three following is a 

 seedling originated by Peter M. Gideon, of Minne- 

 sota, the originator of the Wealthy. Tree from 

 Wealthy seed, strong upright grower, said to be 

 as hardy as Duchess. Fruit, medium to large. 

 Color, light yellow; striped with bright red. 

 Quality, best. Season, September. 



October. Strong grower, and profuse annual 

 bearer of large red apples, clear acid, a first-class 

 culinary apple. From crab seed. 



Gideon. A good rather upright grower; fruit, 

 medium size to large, yellow with a vermillion 

 blush on the sunny side. Quality, mild sub-acid 

 and very good. November. 



Peter. This the originator calls "the best of all 

 apples." The description following, like those 

 before, is his, and some allowance will be made 

 for the possible partiality which might exist on 

 this account. "Origin, Wealthy seed, and in form, 

 size and color the exact duplicate of that apple, but 

 differing in flavor and season, keeping from 4 to 6 

 weeks longer. The fruit adheres well to the 

 tree, and in tree it is a little hardier than Duchess, 

 yet we would not recommend it as far north as 

 some of our extra hardies, though it stood top 

 grafted in 1884-5, where it made 4 feet of growth 

 and bore apples the following season near the 

 Wealthy and some of the Russians that failed to 

 bear an apple. At the Iowa state fair in 1886 the 

 Peter apple was pronounced by the judges to be 

 superior to the Wealthy in every respect." 



