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whitish blotches towards the stem. Flesh yellowish, firm, moderately 

 juicy, breaking, mild sub-acid; quality and flavor good. Season, January 

 to June. 



Reinette de Caux. — A variety of French origin. Cions from 

 Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y., were topworked on a bear- 

 ing tree in 1883. The tree has a somewhat spreading habit and 

 makes a vigorous growth. It has been very productive on alter- 

 nate years. The fruit is not very attractive in color, good medium 

 size (see plate IX), excellent for cooking and good for dessert 

 use. Season, December to May. Worthy of extended trial. It 

 is said that it has been recommended as a very hardy variety by 

 pomological societies of Russia and Germany. 



Fruit medium size, round oblate; skin pale greenish yellow, blushed with 

 light red where exposed, thickly sprinkled with grey dots; stem long, 

 slender, set in a moderately deep cavity; calyx open; basin wide, shallow, 

 wrinkled. Flesh crisp, juicy, sub-acid, good flavor and quality. Excellent 

 for culinary use, cooks evenly and quickly, has a rich yellow color and 

 good quality. 



Romna. — A Russian variety from T. H. Hoskins, Newport, Vt. 

 Topworked on a bearing tree in 1888 and bore its first crop six 

 years later. Tree slow growing, branches spreading, productive. 



Fruit small to medium, ribbed, very irregular, oblate; stem stout, set 

 in a narrow, shallow, russeted cavity; calyx rather large, half closed, lobes 

 reflexed, set in a moderately broad, dieep, wrinkled basin. Skin green, 

 turning to yellow, washed and striped with red, dotted with numerous 

 small pale yellow dots, covered with a very thin lilac bloom. Flesh yel- 

 lowish, juicy, a little coarse, mild sub-acid, fair quality, with a slightly 

 astringent or crab apple flavor, not desirable for dessert; core small, closed. 

 Season last of August and first of September. 



Sugar Barbel. — A Russian winter apple of no special value 

 for this region. Cions were received from Dr. T. H. Hoskins, 

 Newport, Vt., and topworked on a bearing tree in 1888. It came 

 into bearing in 1895 and bore a good crop in 1896. The fruit is 

 attractive, having a good dark red color, but it ranks no higher 

 than good in quality. The tree makes a vigorous spreading 

 growth. 



Fruit medium to large, oblate-conic; symmetrical, slightly ribbed, 

 smooth. (See plate X.) C.-ivity rather wide, deep, rus.seted; stem usually 

 long, slender, sometimes short and thick; basin broad, rather abrupt, mod- 

 erately deep, corrugated; calyx broad, open. Skin dull yellow, largely 



