25(1 SrSTFMATIC POMOLOnY 



a])iile of «^()()tl (luality, iiiucli {j:r()\\n in tiic South and Southwest. 

 Arkansas was raised from a seed phintrd in ]s:\:\ near Kliea 

 Mills, Arkansas. It rescnihlcs Winesap, of which it may be a 

 srcdlin.ir, and Paraj^on, lo which it is similar. 



Tree larj;o, vigorous, upright-.sproadinjx ; branches large, crooked, stout, 

 open. Fruit large, uniform in size, round, sometimes oblate, broadly 

 ribbed, uniform in shape; stem long, stout; cavity acute, wide, green, 

 russoted, indistinctly furrowed; calyx small, closed; basin abrupt, wide, 

 deep, waxy; skin smooth, dull green, often becoming deep yellow, over- 

 spread with a dull deep red, obscurely striped with darker red; dots small, 

 russet; calyx-tube conical; stamens median; core axile, closed; core-lines 

 clasping; carpels broadly ovate, deeply emarginate, tufted; seeds few, 

 variable, long, narrow, acute, tufted; flesh yellow, very firm, fine-grained, 

 tender. Juicy, subacid, crisp; good; December to May. 



393. Ralls. Genet. — The apples are not large, nor are they 

 attractive in shape or color; but they are excellent in quality, 

 and this has given the variety high place in the South. The 

 young trees annually bear large crops of apples of fair size, but 

 the old trees are biennial in bearing, and the apples are small. 

 The variety is noted as one of the latest to bloom, so that it often 

 escapes unfavorable weather at blooming time. Ralls came to 

 the notice of fruit-growers about 1800 on the farm of Caleb Ralls, 

 Amherst County, Virginia. 



Tree of medium size, vigorous, upright-spreading, dense. Fruit medium 

 in size, round-oblate or round-conic, symmetrical; stem long and slender; 

 cavity obtuse, deep; calyx small, open; basin often oblique, wide, shallow, 

 abrupt, wrinkled ; skin smooth, yellow blushed and mottled with red, indis- 

 tinctly striped with carmine, overspread with light bloom which with broken 

 stripes of thin scarf-skin gives the fruit a dull appearance; dots numerous, 

 small, white or russet; calyx-tube broad cone-shape; stamens marginal; 

 core axile or abaxile; cells closed or partly open; core-lines meeting; carpels 

 flat, broadly round, emarginate, tufted; seeds narrow, plump, acute, dark; 

 flesh white, firm, fine-grained, crisp, tender, juicy, subacid, aromatic, pleas- 

 ant ; very good ; November to April. 



394. Salome is a very good apple in the southern Mississippi 

 Valley. The characters commending the fruits are : ability to 

 stand handling well, long-keeping qualities, and freedom from 

 apple-scab. The outstanding characters of the tree are : hardi- 

 ness, healthfulness, vigor, productiveness, early and nearly an- 



