VARIETIES OF APPLES 233 



ness, vigor, and fruitfulness. Gideon was grown by Peter 

 Gideon, Excelsior, Minnesota, about 1880 from a seed of a 

 crab-apple. 



Tree vigorous, spreading and open. Fruit medium to large, round-conic 

 or ovate, sometimes oblong^ angular; stem long, slender; cavity acute, deep, 

 broad, sometimes russeted ; calyx small, closed ; lobes narrow, acute, re- 

 flexed; basin small, shallow, narrow, obtuse; wrinkled, usually with narrow 

 ridges; skin thin, glossy, waxen yellow, with pink blush on exposed cheek; 

 dots light, submerged, inconspicuous, except where the skin is blushed; 

 calyx-tube short, narrow, often funnel-shape with very short truncate 

 cylinder; stamens marginal; core axile or abaxile; cells closed or open; 

 core-lines meeting the limb or clasping the cylinder; carpels round, broadly 

 ovate, or elliptical, emarginate, tufted; seeds large, irregular, long, acute, 

 tufted, light brown; flesh yellow, soft, coarse, crisp, juicy, subacid; fair 

 to good; October. 



348. Dyer. Pomme Royale. — The fruit of Dyer is the quin- 

 tessence of the apple-orchard. Unfortunately the trees bear 

 only biennially, and are not fruitful, vigorous, healthy, or hardy. 

 The variety was cultivated during the Revolutionary War, and is 

 supposed by some to be the old French sort, Pomme Royale. Its 

 culture is confined to the East and i\Iiddle AVest. 



Tree vigorous in the nursery, dwarf in the orchard; comes in bearing 

 young, but is short-lived; productive biennially. Fruit medium or some- 

 times large, round-oblate, regular or obscurely ribbed ; stem long, slender ; 

 cavity small, acute, deep, sometimes lipped; calyx small, closed; lobes long, 

 recurved; basin small, shallow to deep, furrowed; skin smooth, pale yellow, 

 more or less flecked and marbled with a brownish blush on one cheek; 

 dots dark or russet; core of medium size; cells open or closed; core-lines 

 clasping; seeds numerous, plump, short, small, pale; flesh yellow, fine, 

 very crisp, tender, aromatic, sprightly, mild subacid, highly flavored; very 

 good to best ; September and October. 



349. Maiden Blush (Fig. 61).— This old 

 favorite attained and holds its popularity 

 chiefly by virtue of its very handsome 

 crimson-cheeked lemon-yellow apples. The 

 fruits are not high enough in quality to 

 relish out of hand, but are very good for 

 cooking, evaporating, and for the markets. pio. 61. Maiden 

 The crop does not mature uniformly, is very Blush, 

 susceptible to the scab-fungus, and does not keep well in either 

 ordinary or cold storage. The trees are above the mark in most 



