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row, acute lobes; basin deop, wide, abrupt, very stroiij^ly furrowed and 

 corrugated; skin very thick, toufjh, sni(»f)th; color li^jlit yellow, overspread 

 with dark red, splashed and mottled with carmine; dots numerous, small, 

 yellow; core medium in size, axile, closed with clasping core lines; calyx- 

 tube long, wide funnel-shaped; seeds of medium size; flesh yellowish, firm, 

 tender, juicy, aromatic, pleasant subacid; good to very good; December to 

 last of February. 



411. York Imperial (Pi^. 02) is a popular southern apple, 

 easily recognized by its bright red color, 

 indistinctly striped with carmine, and by 

 the shape of the fruit; both ends are dis- 

 tinctly truncate and the axis is very oblique. 

 The tiesh is coarse and the flavor not invit- 

 ing. The apples keep and ship exceedingly 



well. These qualities give the variety its 

 Fig. 92. York Im- i • r? i xi, i .i . i. 



perial. chicf value, though the trees are very sat- 



isfactory in soils and climates to which they 

 are adapted. In the North, the apples are deficient in size, color, 

 and quality. The variety takes its name from York, Pennsyl- 

 vania, where it originated soon after the Revolutionary War. 



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

 oblate, with an oblique axis; stem short; cavity large, acuminate, deep, 

 broad, smooth and green or partly russeted; calyx small, closed or partly 

 open; basin large, abrupt, deep, wide, often furrowed; skin tough, bright, 

 smooth, yellow blushed with light red and striped with carmine; dots pale 

 or russet, conspicuous, numerous toward the eye, scattering, very large and 

 elongated toward the cavity where they are often mingled with narrow 

 broken streaks of gray scarf-skin; calyx -tube elongated-cone-shape; stamens 

 median; core small, axile; cells closed or partly open; core-lines clasping; 

 carpels broadly round, emarginate, sometimes tufted; seeds few, dark, wide, 

 flat, obtuse, compactly filling the cells; flesh yellow, firm, crisp, coarse, 

 tender, juicy, sprightly subacid, becoming mild subacid, aromatic; good; 

 November to April. 



412. Pewaukee. — The apples are distinguished by bluish 

 bloom, characteristically rounded basal end, and a short stem 

 inserted under a large lip. The flesh is coarse in texture and 

 austere in flavor. The trees, however, have health, vigor, 

 longevity, early bea/'ing, great productiveness, and remarkable 

 hardiness to commend them. Pewaukee is a cross between 

 Northern Spy and Oldenburg made by George F. Peffer, Pewau- 



