1914 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



PEERLESS. 



A remarkably 

 a 1 1 r a c tive fall 

 market or ship- 

 ping apple; grows 

 bright and clean, 

 like Duchess, 

 without blem- 

 ishes; growing in 

 favor. C a s t o n 

 grows this apple 

 to perfection near 

 Lake Simcoe, On- 

 tario. 



ORIGIN: seedling 

 of Duchess; Min- 

 nesota, 1865. 



FRUIT described 

 by Hanson as fol- 

 lows : large, 

 roundish oblate, 

 regular; surface 

 greenish, striped 

 and splashed 

 rather thinly with 

 dull red, slightly 



PEERLESS. 



marbled on sunny 

 side; cavity wide 

 with radiating 

 green (a char- 

 acteristic) ; stem 

 short; basin wide, 

 usually abrupt 

 and wavy ; calyx 

 closed or naif 

 open. 



FLESH: firm, 

 juicy, s u b a c i d, 

 good. 



QUALITY: cook- 

 ing, first class. 



C O M M E R C IAL 



VALUE: first class. 

 SEASON: Sep- 

 tember to Novem- 

 ber. (Woolver 

 ton.) 



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SECTION OF PEERLESS. 



