REPORT ON THE 



No. 33 



WEALTHY. 



This beautiful apple was distributed among the members of the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association in 1882 for trial, and has won for itself a good reputation in every 



part of the Province as 

 a dessert apple of excel- 

 lent quality, while in 

 the northern portions it 

 is especially desirable 

 on account of its hardi- 

 ness. 



ORIGIX: St. Paul, Min- 

 nesota, by Peter Gideon. 



TREE: vigorous, very 

 hardy, over productive. 



FRUIT: medium, 

 roundish, oblate, regu- 

 lar; skin, smooth, green- 

 ish ground, changing to 

 pale yellow, rich, red 

 cheek, with stripes and 

 splashes of red in the 

 sun, sometimes nearly 

 covered with crimson; 

 stem one-half to three- 

 WEALTHY. 



quarters of an inch long 

 in a deep, regular 

 cavity ; calyx nearly 

 closed in a deep, abrupt 

 basin. 



FLESH : white, tex- 

 ture fine grained, ten- 

 der, juicy, sprightly, 

 pleasant, subacid. 



QUALITY: dessert 

 good; cooking, good. 



VALUE: for home mar- If 

 ket, first class; for tc 

 foreign market, first 

 class. 



SEASON: September to 

 November. 



ADAPTATION: succeeds 

 throughout the Province 

 generally. 



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