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tlie nnl)roken i)iiikisli-iT(l color on a yellow hackpn'ound. The 

 flosh is coai-si*, witiioiit (listinctive flavor. The tree characters 

 arc usually satisfactory. Fallawater is at least a century old, 

 having originated in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright. Fruit large to very large, globular, some- 

 times oblate, symmetrical, often slightly irregular and faintly ribbed, uni- 

 form in size and shape; stem very short; cavity acuminate, deep, narrow, 

 furrowed; calyx large, closed or open; lobes variable; basin shallow to 

 deep, abrupt, sometimes furrowed, wrinkled; skin tough, smooth, waxy, 

 blushed and striped with pinkish red, often streaked with thin grayish 

 scarf-skin; dots conspicuous, white, areolar with russet point; calyx-tube 

 wide, short, cone-shape; stamens basal; core abaxile to axile, large; cells 

 unsymmetrical, open or closed; core-lines meeting or clasping; carpels 

 tufted, long, narrowly ovate, mucronate; seeds few, long, narrow, acumi- 

 nate, tufted; flesh yellow, firm, coarse, crisp, tender, juicy, subacid to mildly 

 sweet; fair to good; November to April. 



415. Tompkins King (Fig. 94) is one of the most widely 

 planted apples in home orchards, and in either home or foreign 

 market sells well. The fruits are red on a 

 yellow background, uniformly large and 

 symmetrical ; while the flesh is rather coarse, 

 it is crisp, tender, juicy, aromatic, and 

 richly flavored. The trees lack in hardiness, 

 healthiness, longevity and productiveness, 

 suffer much from apple-canker, sun-scald, 

 Fig. 94. Tompkins ^^^^ collar-rot. The variety originated in 

 King. Warren County, New Jersey, whence, about 



1804, it was brought to Tompkins County, 

 New York, and given its present name. It is most commonly 

 grown in New York, where it ranks fourth in commercial 

 importance. 



Tree vigorous, spreading, open; lateral branches slender and drooping. 

 Fruit large, round, sometimes conic, regular or obscurely ribbed; stem 

 short to long, sometimes thick and swollen; cavity large, obtuse, deep, 

 narrow, furrowed or wavy, often russeted, sometimes with fine outspreading 

 russet ; calyx large, closed or open ; segments long, acuminate ; basin small, 

 narrow, shallow, deep, abrupt ; skin smooth or roughened with russet dots, 

 yellow, mottled and washed with orange-red, often shading to deep red, 

 striped and splashed with bright carmine ; dots numerous, conspicuous, 

 white or russet; calyx-tube small, cone-shape; stamens median; core large, 

 abaxile; cells symmetrical, closed or partly open; core-lines meeting; car- 



