282 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY 



Trco vigorous, ui)ri<iht spreadiii}^, open. Fruit niediuin to large, round- 

 ovate or obovate, synunetrical ; stem long, slender; cavity acuminate, small, 

 shallow, narrow, often russeted ; calyx closed; lobes long, narrow, acumi- 

 nate, retlexed ; l»;isiii .shallow, widc^ furrowed and wrinklctl; skin pale yel- 

 low overspread with dark red and covered with thick bloom; dots small 

 numerous, pale; calyx-tube short, narrow, cone-shape to urn shape; stamens 

 median; core axile; cells symmetrical, closed; core-lines meeting; carpels 

 elongated-ovate, emarginate; seeds small, narrow, short, plump, obtuse, 

 brown; flesh yellow, firm, fine, subacid, astringent; very good; late Sep- 

 tember and October. 



439. Whitney ripens in late August, too early to meet the de- 

 mand of housewives. For those who want a crab-apple for 

 dessert early in the season, Whitney is about as good as any. 

 The variety was grown from seed by A. E. Whitney, Franklin 

 Grove, Illinois, and was first described in 1869. 



Tree of medium size upright-spreading, with stout, long, curved branches. 

 Fruit large, uniform in size and shape, round-ovate ; stem slender ; cavity 

 narrow, deep, obtuse ; calyx medium to large, closed or open ; basin broad, 

 shallow, wrinkled ; skin light yellow shaded and striped with red ; flesh yel- 

 low, crisp, juicy, mild subacid; good to very good; late August and early 

 September. 



440. Large Red Siberian. — This old sort, an improvement on 

 Red Siberian, is, in its turn, being superseded by varieties 

 having larger and handsomer fruits. Large Red Siberian differs 

 from Red Siberian in being larger in tree and fruit, with coarser 

 foliage and longer and more slender twigs. Both varieties are 

 from the Old W^orld, but when and by whom introduced does not 

 appear. 



Tree very hardy, healthy. Fruit of medium size, round to round-ovate, 

 regular; stem long, slender; cavity acuminate, shallow, broad, often fur- 

 rowed, russeted; calyx closed; lobes long, narrow, acuminate; basin shal- 

 low, obtuse, wrinkled, having mammiform protuberances; skin thin, tough, 

 smooth, bright red and marked with obscure narrow stripes of dark red; 

 dots small, light, inconspicuous; calyx-tube short, wide, urn-shape; stamens 

 median; core medium size; axile; cells closed; core-lines meeting; carpels 

 ovate, emarginate; seeds glossy, dark brown, small, short, wide, obtuse; 

 flesh yellow, firm, subacid, astringent ; good ; September and Octobr. 



441. Gibb is another cross between the common apple and the 

 crab-apple, with characters that make it somewhat doubtful wdth 

 which of its parents, Yellow Siberian and Fall Greening, it 



