A MONSTER APPLE.
\ LORD NET-SOX SCALES 28J . OUNCES. A. monster apple of the Lord Nelson variety, which turned the scales at 28] ounces, was on view in Syduoy last week. The apple was <|i'o\vn by Mr. John Connolly at Cowra on a 16-year-ol(l tree. Mr. (..onnollv has an orchard of 50 acre?, and goes' in for apples, pears, and stone fruit, "rowing them on the rich alluvial river flat. This particular tree, Mr. Comiolly statcs is improving every year. This apple. however, is by no means a record, as last year a specimen, Lord liusselt variety, weighiag 2lb. l'oz., was grown by Mr. Frank Clarice, Wondsidc. Eylstone. It was believed to be the heaviest apple ever, grown in the world.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1345, 24 January 1912, Page 8
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120A MONSTER APPLE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1345, 24 January 1912, Page 8
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