. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 180 NIAGARA OLDMIXON FREE inch across, pale pink, darker about the edges, usually single. Fruit midseason; 2% inches long, 2i^ inches wide, round-cordate or oval, angular, compressed, with uneiiual halves; cavity shallow, contracted about the sides, flaring; suture medium in depth ; apex pointed, with a large, recurved niamelon tip ; color lemon-yellow, with little if any hlush ; pubescence heavy, loi^g ; skin tlun, tough, separates from the pulp when fully ripe; flesh yellow, faintly tinged near the pit, dry, coarse, ten- der, sweet, mild ;
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 180 NIAGARA OLDMIXON FREE inch across, pale pink, darker about the edges, usually single. Fruit midseason; 2% inches long, 2i^ inches wide, round-cordate or oval, angular, compressed, with uneiiual halves; cavity shallow, contracted about the sides, flaring; suture medium in depth ; apex pointed, with a large, recurved niamelon tip ; color lemon-yellow, with little if any hlush ; pubescence heavy, loi^g ; skin tlun, tough, separates from the pulp when fully ripe; flesh yellow, faintly tinged near the pit, dry, coarse, ten- der, sweet, mild ; good in quality ; stone free, ovate, flat- tened, wedge-shaped toward the base, tapering to a long apex, with large pits and a few small grooves in the surfaces. NIAGARA. Fig. 174. Newark Seedling. Niagara is a variant of Early Crawford. The fruit ripens later than that of Early Crawford and averages better to the end of the season. But Niagara's great point of merit, as com-. 174. Niagara. (XVa) pared with Early Crawford, is that it is more dependable in all tree-characters, being, es- pecially, less capricious as to soil and climate. The peach is beautiful—yellow, with a hand- some over-color of red. The flesh, too, is attractive and delectable—yellow, thick, and firm, with a rich, sweet flavor which makes it one of the most palatable peaches of its season. Niagara fails in productiveness in some lo- calities, having in this respect the fault of all its tribe; but it should have a welcome place in any home collection, and, where it proves productive, is one of the best for general market. Niagara probably came from Mary- land to Julius Harris, Ridgeway, New York, who introduced it about 1890. Tree large, upright-spreading, hardy, medium in pro- ductiveness. Leaves 6% inches long, 1% inches wide, flattened or curled downward, oval to obovate-lanceolate, leathery; margin finely serrate; teeth tipped with reddish-brown glands; petiole % inch long, glandless or with 1-5 small
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