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REPORT ON THE 



No 33 



MAIDEN BLUSH. 



A valuable apple for 

 the amateur because of 

 its extreme beauty, but 

 not considered a very 

 profitable market 

 variety by Ontario fruit 

 growers. 



ORIGIN: New Jersey. 



TREE: moderately vig- 

 orous grower, and pro- 

 ductive. 



FRUIT: size medium 

 to large; form oblate, 

 very regular, but 

 slightly one-sided; color 

 lemon yellow with 

 beautiful crimson 

 blush; stem three- 

 quarters of an inch 

 long, set in a moder- 

 ately deep, wide cavity; 



SECTION OF MAIDEN'S BLUSH. 



calyx closed, in a shal- 

 low, slightly wrinkled 

 basin. 



FLESH: color white; 

 texture fine, tender; 

 flavor pleasant; sub- 

 acid. 



QUALITY: dessert, 

 fair; cooking, good. 



SEASON: September to 

 November. 



MAIDEN'S BLUSH. 



