1914 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



119 



EARLY MICHIGAN. 



A very good dessert peach. 

 ORIGIN : Georgia. 



TREE: healthy, vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. 



FRUIT: medium size, wide, form 

 round; color, cream or greenish white 

 ground, nearly covered with crimson; 

 cavity, large and deep; suture, very 

 distinct from cavity to apex and 

 beyond; pit, a clingstone. 



EARLY MICHIGAN. 



FLESH: greenish white, red at pit; 

 texture, tender and juicy; flavor, sub- 

 acid, very pleasant. 



QUALITY: dessert, very good. 

 VALUE: market, second class. 

 SEASON: middle of August. 



SECTION OF EARLY MICHIGAN. 



EARLY PURPLE. 



For home use, as a dessert peach, this is one of the best of its season. Between I860 

 and 1870 this variety was grown as the earliest market peach in Southern Ontario, but 

 its extreme tenderness of flesh and rapid softening after maturity led to its giving place 

 to other varieties. 



TREE: thrifty; vigorous; hardy; fairly productive. 



FRUIT: form, irregular, ovate, one-sided; skin, bright red, downy; basin, deep; stone 

 almost free. 



FLESH: greenish white in color; texture, very tender, very juicy melting; flavor, 

 sweet, rich, agreeable. 



QUALITY: dessert, very good; cooking, poor. 



VALUE: near market, third class; distant market, poor. 



SEASON: late August to early September. 



