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russotcd; calyx small, closed or partly open; lobes short, narrow, acute; 

 basin shallow, wide, abrujjt, furrowed; skin thin, tender, smooth, yellow 

 overlaid with ])ri^ht red indistinctly strijjcd with carmine; dots small, 

 yellow; calyx-tul)e wide, funnelform with i)istil point projecting into the 

 base; stamens median; core below medium, abaxile; cells open; core lines 

 clasping; carpels broadly ovate, emarginate; seeds large, wide, flat, ])lump, 

 acute; flesh yellow, firm, fine, very tender, juicy, mild sul)acid; good to 

 very good ; September to November. 



365. Jefiferis is one of the best fall apples; the fruits are 

 tender, pleasantly acidulous, rich, delicious. The trees also are 

 satisfactory in all respects, but the api)les rii)en unevenly, are 

 not attractive in color, and lack both size and uniformity. Jef- 

 feris orio'inated with Isaac Jetferis, Chester County, Pennsyl- 

 vania, and is first recorded in 1848. It is grown in all the 

 eastern states. 



Tree of medium size, vigorous, upright, open. Fruit small, uniform in 

 size and shape, round-oblate, conic, regular or obscurely ribbed; stem short, 

 thick; cavity acute, medium in depth, broad, symmetrical; calyx small, 

 closed or open; lobes short, broad, acute; basin shallow to deep, wide, 

 abrupt, smooth, symmetrical; skin thin, tough, pale yellow, blushed and 

 mottled with dull red overlaid with narrow splashes and stripes of carmine; 

 dots small, scattering, submerged or russet ; calyx-tube narrow, conical ; 

 stamens marginal; core small, axile; cells open; core-lines clasping; carpels 

 elliptical, emarginate, sometimes tufted; seeds numerous, large, wide, long, 

 flat, very irregular, obtuse; flesh yelloAvish-Avhite, firm, fine, crisp, tender, 

 very juicy, mild, subacid; very good; September to January, 



366. Twenty Ounce (Fig. 70). — The apples are large, hand- 

 somely colored with stripes and splashes of 

 red on a rich yellow background, and while 

 the quality is not good enough for a dessert 

 apple, the fruits are scarcely surpassed for 

 culinary uses. The trees bear early and 

 abundantly, hold their crop Avell, but fall 



short in being susceptible to winter-injury 

 Fig. 70. T w e n t y , , „ . , . . ., • • ^ 



Ounce. and canker-fungi and in not attaining large 



size. Twenty Ounce Avas brought promi- 

 nently to notice by Downing in 1845, but the origin of the 

 variety remains a mystery. 



Tree vigorous, upright becoming round-topped, dense, with branches long 

 and stout. Fruit very large, round-conic, sometimes broadly ribbed; stem 



