304 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Akin. A medium-sized fruit of a bright red color. Eoundish oblate 

 in form. A firm and handsome apple. The quality is good, the 

 flavor being mild sub-acid, juicy and tender. The tree is productive and 

 is a vigorous and thrifty grower somewhat spreading in habit. Needs 

 plenty of sunlight to give a high color. A good variety for a fancy 

 or dessert trade. Worthy of trial for that purpose. Season December 

 to M0.y. Its quality is best after Christmas. 



Amerede Bertlicourt. A variety received from the U. S. Division 

 of Pomology in 1890 and was considered as a variety for cider mak- 

 ing. The fruit is small, of a grayish green color with often a brick 

 red tinge at the stem end. Form isi roundish oblate slightly conical. 

 Fruit is somewhat subject to scab. The flavor is somewhat peculiar, 

 sub-acid and bitter. Texture is rather mealy, and lacks juice. The tree 

 is rather a thrifty, upright grower. Not at all promising for any use, 

 not even cider. We have too many cider apples of the standard va- 

 rieties to consider setting varieties for that purpose. Ripens about 

 October 3. Bore for the first time this year. 



Atsion. A variety received from E. W. Reid, of Bridgeport, Ohio, 

 Form roundish oblate, slightly conical. Color bright crimson over a 

 greenish-yellow gi^ound, sprinkled with scattering whitish spots. Rus- 

 sets somewhat, especially at the blossom end. Not an attractive apple. 

 It has a short, slender stem. Flavor is very good, pleasant,, sub-acid. 

 Texture is firm with a crisp, juicy flesh. The appearance has so much 

 to do with the value of an apple at the present time that this va- 

 riety has not a very promising future. Ripens during the second week 

 in October. 



Bahcock. Cions received from W. B. Babcock, Bridgman, Michigan, 

 in 1904. Fruited for the first time this year. Its form is round- 

 ish oblong, slightly conical, smooth and regular. Color is a solid 

 blush of glossy, dark red, on a greenish yellow ground, with num- 

 erous pinkish spots or dots. The fruit is very firm and has every ap- 

 pearance of being a good keeper. It is not at its best for eating un- 

 til the latter part of December. The flavor is mild, sub-acid and 

 pleasant. The stem is moderately long^, slender and wiry. Has some 

 promise as a long keeping apple. 



Bath, Beauty of. The earliest ripening variety on trial, ripening 

 about the last week of July. Of fine appearance, being a bright crimson 

 red, beautifully spotted with large dots of greenish yellow. Form ob- 

 late conical. Flesh firm, fine-gi-ained and moderately juicy. Flavor 

 brisk, sub-acid of moderately good quality. Fairly productive. Should 

 it prove more productive, it will be a valuable early variety. 



Barharie. Another cider apple variety received from the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture. Form regular, roundish oblate. The basin 

 wide and deeply ribbed. Color dull yellowish green, splashed with 

 dark red. Not attractive in appearance. Flavor somewhat puckery and 

 not very pleasant. Ripens early in October. Texture firm. Not at all 

 promising for any use. 



Blanc Mollett. Also of the group of cider apples sent us by the U. 

 S. Department of Agriculture in 1899. Form is a decided oblate con- 

 ical, compressed. Color is reddish, verging to a reddish yellow on a 

 yellow ground. Blushed and indistinctly striped. Flavor very poor, be- 



