VARIETIES OF APPLES 253 



blush is not so well marked, nor do they keep so long. The 

 variety is gradually passing out of cultivation. Its origin is 

 not known, but since the fruits were described from old trees 

 in 1848, it must be more than a century old. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, dense. Fruit medium to large, 

 round or round-oblate, irregular or angular; stem short; cavity large, acute, 

 deep, narrow, often waxy, partly russeted; calyx small, closed or partly 

 open; lobes long, narrow, acuminate; basin small, shallow, narrow, abrupt, 

 furrowed and wrinkled; skin pale yellow, blushed, mottled and striped with 

 thin brownish -red ; dots small, characteristically white and submerged, or 

 green with fine russet point, scattering, russeted toward the cavity; calyx- 

 tube long, narrow, elongated conical; stamens median; core small, abaxile 

 with hollow cylinder in the axis; cells closed or open; core-lines clasping; 

 carpels round to ovate or elongated and narrow, sometimes emarginate, 

 tufted; seeds small, plump, narrow, elongated, acuminate, brown to dark 

 brown; flesh yellow, firm, fine-grained, tender, crisp, juicy, sprightly sub- 

 acid; good or very good; November to April. 



387. Peck Pleasant. PecA;.— The tender-fleshed perfumed 

 fruits are pleasantly flavored and beautiful and unique in color. 

 The trees are subject to root-rot and canker and seldom bear 

 large crops or a high percentage of first-class fruit. Peck 

 Pleasant is distinctly for family use. The variety originated in 

 Rhode Island early in the nineteenth century. 



Tree medium in size, vigorous, upright-spreading or round, dense. Fruit 

 medium to large, oblate or round, often ribbed, sometimes with furrow on 

 one side; stem short, thick or fleshy; cavity obtuse, wide, shallow, often 

 lipped or compressed, sometimes russeted; calyx pubescent, large; lobes 

 long, open or closed, obtuse; basin broad, obtuse, symmetrical, furrowed 

 or wrinkled; skin thick, tough, smooth, waxen yellow with orange-red blush; 

 dots numerous, white and submerged or with russet point; core small, 

 abaxile to axile; cells closed or slit; core-lines clasp the funnel cylinder; 

 carpels tender, broadly round, often truncate, emarginate, mucronate; seeds 

 nmnerous, dark, long, narrow, acute, sometimes tufted ; flesh yellow, firm, 

 tender, crisp, fine-grained, juicy, pleasant subacid, aromatic; very good 

 to best ; October to January. 



388. Mann (Fig. 78).— The trees are vig- 

 orous, hardy, healthy, and productive, and 

 the fruit keeps and ships well, but the apples, 

 of the Rhode Island Greening type, are but 

 mediocre in quality. The variety originated 

 in the orchard of Judge Mooney, Granby, fig. 78. Mann. 



