VARIETIES OF APPLES 



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red striped with carmine, often coated with white bloom and mottled and 

 streaked with scarf-skin; dots numerous, small, white; calyx-tube narrow, 

 funnelform; stamens median; core small, abaxile with a large hollow 

 cylinder at the axis; core-lines clasping the funnel cylinder; carpels smooth, 

 round, narrowing toward the apex, often truncate at the base, emarginate; 

 seeds wide, obtuse, dark; flesh yellow, firm, fine, crisp, tender, juicy, 

 sprightly, brisk subacid, aromatic; good to very good; November to March. 



405. Smokehouse (Fig. 87) is passing out because the apples 

 lack high character in both flavor and ap- 

 pearance. The trees are vigorous, hardy, 

 healthy, productive, come into bearing 

 young, and hold their crop well. The 

 variety originated on the farm of William 

 Gibbons, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 

 and was first brought to notice in 1848. 



Fig. 



87. Smoke- 

 house. 



Tree medium to large, vigorous, wide-spreading, dense; lateral branches 

 willowy, slender. Fruit medium to large, oblate, regular, symmetrical; 

 stem long, slender ; cavity acute, deep, narrow, often thinly russeted ; calyx 

 large, open; lobes often flat, convergent, separated at the base; basin 

 shallow, wide, abrupt, wrinkled; skin thin, tough, smooth, or roughened 

 with capillary russet lines and russet dots; color yellow mottled with dull 

 red, indistinctly mottled, striped and splashed with carmine; dots con- 

 spicuous, irregular, gray or russet; calyx-tube wide, short, obtusely cone- 

 shape; stamens median; core small, axile; cells closed or open; core-lines 

 meeting; carpels flat, broadly elliptical to round or cordate, usually smooth; 

 seeds few, very dark, large, narrow; flesh yellow, firm, fine, crisp, tender, 

 juicy, mild subacid, delicately aromatic; good; October to March. 



406. Akin (Fig. 88), Akin Red.— Akin is 

 a handsome dark red late winter apple of 

 medium size and very good quality, adapted 

 to southern regions. It succeeds best on rich 

 warm soils. The variety originated from seed 

 planted near Lawrenceville, Illinois, in 1831, 

 by W. J. Akin. 



Fig. 88. Akin. 



Tree upright-spreading, dense, vigorous j branches long, stout. Fruit 

 medium, oblate; often irregular, slightly ribbed, sides sometimes unequal; 

 stem long, slender; cavity obtuse, broad, shallow, often distinctly furrowed 

 and corrugated; skin tough, smooth, yellow, blushed and striped with 

 bright deep red, almost completely red; dots small, white; calyx-tube 

 conical; stamens median; core abaxile, open or partly closed; core-lines 

 meeting; carpels elliptical, emarginate; seeds dark brown, long, narrow, 



