VARIETIES OF APPLES 231 



343. Chenango (Fig. 60). CJienango Strawberry. — The fruits 

 begin to mature in September and con- 

 tinue, in storage at least, until November. 

 Chenango is too delicate to send to market, 

 but no apple can give more pleasure to those 

 who grow fruit for their own use. The trees 

 are early and regular bearers, hard}^, 

 healthy, long-lived, fruitful, and annual 

 in bearing. The history of this apple is ^^^ ^^ Chenango. 

 not known, but it probably originated in 



Chenango County, New York. It was first described in 1854. 



Tree of medium size, vigorous, upright-spreading, dense, with short, stout, 

 curved branches. Fruit medium to large, oblong -conic, ribbed; stem short, 

 thick; cavity acuminate, deep, narrow, often furrowed and compressed; 

 calyx large, partly open or closed; lobes often separated at the base, long, 

 broad, obtuse; basin small, shalloAv, narrow, obtuse, furrowed, wrinkled; 

 skin tough, smooth, glossy, yellowish-white, overspread and mottled with 

 pinkish-red, conspicuously striped and splashed with carmine; dots few, 

 inconspicuous, light-colored, often submerged; calyx-tube long, funnel- 

 shape; stamens median; core large, abaxile ; cells often unsymmetrical, 

 wide, open or closed ; core-lines clasping ; carpels broadly ovate, smooth ; 

 seeds small, wide, plump, obtuse; flesh Avhite, firm, tender, juicy, mild sub- 

 acid, very aromatic; good to very good; latter part of August and through 

 September. 



344. Titovka is valuable in all regions where hardiness must 

 be taken into account. The apples, which are large and hand- 

 some, are suitable for culinary use, but scarcely so for dessert. 

 The trees are vigorous, healthy, and productive. The variety 

 was imported from Russia in 1870 by the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



Tree dwarfish but vigorous, upright, dense, with stout twiggy branches. 

 Fruit large, oblong symmetrical; stem short, not exserted; cavity acumi- 

 nate, very deep, sometimes russeted ; calyx of medium size, closed ; segments 

 small, convergent; basin shalloAv, very abrupt, wrinkled; skin smooth, yel- 

 low, shaded and striped with bright red and overspread with light bloom; 

 calyx-tube elongated-cone-shape; stamens median; core large, abaxile; 

 cells open; core-lines clasping; carpels broadly round or obovate, emargi- 

 nate; seeds few, small, plump; flesh white, coarse, crisp, juicy, subacid; 

 good to very good; August and September. 



345. Tetofsky is the standard early apple in the noirthern 

 limits of apple cultivation. The fruits are attractive in color 



