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large ; color yellow, entirely overspread with dark red, splashed, 

 mottled and obscurely striped with carmine; dots few, small, 

 pinkish-yellow ; stem long, thick ; skin tongh, smooth, dull ; core 

 axile, closed ; core-lines clasping ; calyx-tnbe short, wide, conical ; 

 carpels obovate, emarginate; seed small, short, plump, obtnse, 

 tufted; flesh yellowish, coarse, crisp, tender, juicy, sprightly 

 subacid, aromatic; good to very good in quality. 



The fruit of this cross is of the type of Mother. It is most 

 pleasing in appearance, although small, resembling Mother in 

 size, shape, color, texture, flavor and quality. This apple ought 

 to be especially valuable as a dessert fruit. 



Saratoga. Ben Davis X Green Newtown. — Tree vigorous, 

 upright-spreading, dense-topped, productive ; branches stocky ; 

 leaves 4 inches long, 2 3-16 inches wide, dark green, pubescent, 

 with sharply serrated margins ; petiole 2 inches long. 



Season, January to April; 2 9-16 inches by 3% inches in 

 size, roundish-conic to oblate, ribbed, uniform ; cavity obtuse, 

 deep, broad, russeted, furrowed ; basin deep, wide, abrupt, fur- 

 rowed; calyx open, large, with short, broad, acute, separated 

 lobes ; color greenish-yellow, overspread with bright purplish- 

 red, splashed and mottled with crimson; dots numerous, yellow- 

 ish ; stem % inch long, thick ; skin tender, smooth, very oily ; 

 core abaxile, large, open; core-lines clasping; calyx-tube short, 

 wide, conical ; carpels ovate, emarginate, tufted ; seed wide, 

 plump, acute, tufted, 10 in number; flesh greenish-yellow, firm, 

 coarse, crisp, tender, juicy, subacid, sprightly; of good quality. 



This apple is particularly valuable because of its bright color 

 and large size. Its quality is much superior to Ben Davis being 

 nearly or quite as good as Green Newtown. Its season is late. 



Schenectady. Ben Davis X Mother. — Tree vigorous, upright, 

 dense-topped, productive; branches medium to thick; leaves 

 numerous, 4^/4 inches long, 2i/ij inches wide, dark green, pubes- 

 cent, with distinctly serrate margins; petiole 1 3-16 inches long. 



Season, November to January; 2 15-16 ijiches by 3^^ inches 

 in size, roundish-conic, sides unequal, ribbed ; cavity obtuse, 

 shallow, narrow, russeted, compressed, sometimes lipped ; basin 

 narrow, obtuse, furrowed; calyx open, with broad, acute lobes; 

 color greenish-yellow overspread with bright red, mottled and 



