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and pleasantly acidulous in flavor. The apples arc small, how- 

 ever, and fall short of several other summer ai)ples in the «rreat 

 fruit regions. Tetofsky is a j)ioneer Russian variety, having 

 been imported in 1835 by the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. 



Tree (Iw.-irfish, vij^orous, very erect, dense, with stout branches, filled 

 with small spurs. Fruit small, oblate or round, sometimes conic, regular; 

 stem short or medium, slender; cavity obtuse, medium to deep, broad, 

 usually symmetrical, gently furrowed; calyx large, closed; lobes long, 

 broad; basin shallow, furrowed and wrinkled; skin thick, tough, smooth, 

 waxy, greenish-yellow, more or less striped and splashed with bright red, 

 overspread with faint bloom; dots inconspicuous, pale, submerged; calyx- 

 tube long, wide, funnel-shape; stamens median; core large, axile; cells 

 open ; core-lines clasping ; carpels broadly round, concave ; seeds short, 

 plump; flesh white, firm, coarse, tender, juicy, sprightly, aromatic, sub- 

 acid; fair to good; late July to September. 



Section VI. Midseason Apples 

 Group 8. Yellow Apples 



346. Lowell. Greasy Pippin. — This is preeminently an apple 

 for the home orchard, since it furnishes fruit for dessert or 

 cooking from late summer to early winter. The flesh is pleas- 

 antly flavored, and the large bright-yellow apples, with a most 

 perceptible coating of wax, are very attractive. It has been 

 under cultivation for at least a century and is generally dis- 

 tributed throughout the East and North. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright -spreading, open. Fruit large, round-ob- 

 long, conic, irregular; stem long, thick, deflected to one side; cavity acute, 

 shallow, broad, often russeted; calyx large, closed or partly open; basin 

 shallow, medium in width, abrupt, often furrowed and wrinkled ; skin thin, 

 tender, smooth or with occasional russet dots and flecks, waxy, rich yellow, 

 greasy; dots numerous, brown, russet or submerged; calyx-tube long, wide, 

 conical; stamens median; core large, axile to abaxile; cells closed; core- 

 lines meeting or clasping; carpels obovate, emarginate; seeds dark brown, 

 medium in size, obtuse; flesh yellow, firm, fine-grained, crisp, tender, very 

 juicy, sprightly subacid; good to very good; August to October. 



347. Gideon. — The clear waxen-yellow color, heightened by 

 a bright pinkish blush, makes the fruits of Gideon beautiful ; 

 but the quality is not good, and the flesh passes rapidly from 

 maturity to decay. The greatest assets of the variety are hardi- 



