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based on their records at this Station. Some of thetn may do better 

 elsewhere than they have done here ; others may not do so well. 

 This report is not put forth as a final statement of the merits of 

 these fniits, but simply shows their records thus far at this Station. 



Notes on Varieties. 



In the following pages synonyms and temporary designations of unnamed 

 sorts are printed in italics. 



Aunt Ginnie. — From Ellwanger c& Barry, Rochester, N. Y., 

 1883. — Tree a moderately vigorous, upright grower. Fruit medium 

 to large, oblate, slightly conic, obscurely ribbed ; skin yellow, nearly 

 overlaid with streaks and splashes of bright red ; cavity broad and 

 deep, heavily russetted ; stem medium ; calyx small, nearly closed ; 

 basin shallow, broad and corrugated. Flesh white, coarse, sub-acid, 

 aromatic, good in flavor and quality ; core very large. Season, 

 October. It was top-worked on a young bearing tree in 1883 and 

 bore its first fruit four years later. In several succeeding seasons it 

 gave a light yield. Its first fairly good crop was produced this 

 season, when it bore two bushels. 



Downing Winter Maiden Blush. — CionsfromE.M.Bueclily, 

 GreenvilU, Ohio, 1887. It bore its first fruit last season. Fruit 

 large, roundish, slightly oblate ; skin pale greenish yellow with a 

 blush where exposed, and sprinkled with numerous white dots ; 

 stem short and thick, set in a medium cavity ; calyx closed ; basin 

 broad, shallow and slightly corrugated. Flesh white, iirm and 

 €risp, moderately juicy, fine grained, mild sub-acid ; quality good. 

 Season, November to late winter. Tree moderately vigorous, 

 upright. 



Golden White. — A Russian apple received from T. H. Hoskins, 

 l^ewport, Vermont, in 1888. It was top-worked on a young bear- 

 ing tree and bore its first fruit six years later. Its growth has been 

 weak so far. Fruit medium size, oblate inclined to conic, ribbed 

 and peculiarly flattened at the base ; color greenish yellow tinted and 

 streaked with bright red in the sun, sprinkled with many large 

 light dots ; calyx half open ; basin large, irregular and corrugated ; 

 stem small, inserted in a small and shallow cavity ; flesh white with 

 a faint salmon tinge ; moderatel}'^ juicy, sub-acid, quality fair, season 

 September. 



