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REPORT ON THE 



No. 24 



PEWAUKEE. 



A good commercial ap- 

 ple for the northern limits 

 of the Ontario apple belt 

 where Spy and Baldwin are 

 tender ; but not as hardy as 

 was at first supposed. It is 

 not gaining in popularity. 



OniGiK : seed of Olden- 

 burg crossed with Northern 

 Spy, raised by G. P. Peffer, 

 Pewaukee, Wisconsion. 



Tree : hardy, but not 

 equal finl^this Irespect to 

 Wealth}' ; vigorous ; habit- 

 round topped with upright 

 centre ; an annual bearer. 



Fruit : size large ; form 

 roundish ^oblate, irregular, 

 unequal ; color yellow strip- 

 ed and splashed with red ; 

 dots whitish ; bloom grayish; 



stem short, half an inch, 

 sometimes fleshy at point of 

 insertion, set in small shallow 

 often flat cavity, sometimes 

 lipped ; calyx half open, 

 large, in a small shallow, 

 corrugated basin. 



Flesh : color yellowish ; 

 white with yellow veinings ; 

 texture firm, rather coarse, 

 juicy ; flavor fair, subacid 



Quality : dessert fair: 

 cooking good. 



Value : home or foreign 

 market first class. 



Season : December to 

 March. 



Section of Pewaukee. 



