486 Repokt of thk J )J':partment of HoRTicn/rrnK of the 



riisseted, fnrroM^ed, often lipped ; basin shallow, narrow, obtuse, 

 furrowed, sometimes compressed ; calyx closed, with narrow, 

 acnte lobes of average length ; stem short, thick ; skin thin, tender, 

 smooth, covered with heavy bloom ; color pale yellow, blnshed, 

 mottled and faintly splashed with pinkish-red, prevailing effect 

 yellowish ; dots small, numerous, russet, often submerged ; core 

 abaxile, large, closed ; core-lines clasping ; calyx-tube short, wide, 

 conical ; carpels ovate, emarginate ; seed small, wide, short, 

 plump, obtuse, slightly tufted ; flesh yellowish, firm, coarse, crisp, 

 juicy, brisk subacid; of good quality, 



A most promising variety because of its handsome appearance 

 and high quality. The fruit is the type of iSTorthern Spy in 

 shape but is nnlike either parent in color. 



Westchester. Ben Davis X Green Newtown. — Tree vigor- 

 ous, upright-spreading, open-topped, productive; branches stocky; 

 leaves numerous, 3 13-16 inches long, 2 inches wide, dark green, 

 pubescent, with sharply and coarsely serrate margins; petiole 

 1 7-1 G inches long. 



Season, November to January; 2% inches by 3 inches in size, 

 roundish-conic, ribbed, oblique ; cavity acuminate, deep, broad, 

 russeted, compressed; basin very deep, wide, abrupt, furrowed 

 and corrugated ; calyx wide, open, large, with long, narrow, acu- 

 minate, separated lobes; color yellov/, overspread with dull red, 

 mottled and splashed with darker red ; dots numerous, large, 

 grayish, obscure; stem 13-16 inch long, thick; skin tough, smooth, 

 waxen and oily, covered with bloom ; core axile, small, closed ; 

 core-lines clasping ; calyx-tube long, wide, conical ; carpels ovate, 

 emarginate ; seed wide, acute, 7 in number ; flesh yellow, coarse, 

 very tender, juicy, mild subacid, aromatic; good to very good. 



Westchester resembles Green ^N^ewtown in shape, but has the 

 color of Ben Davis while the quality is even better than that of 

 its justly esteemed paternal parent. 



APPLICATION OF RESULTS. 



We have laid so much stress upon the Mendelian behavior of 

 several characters of the apples crossed and so much is now 

 heard of ]\reud('l and his work, that the impression may l)e given 

 that breeding apples consists almost wholly in making Mendelian 



