RUSSIAN APPLE NOMENCLATURE COMMISSION. 47 



LUBSK QUEEN. 



Description: Luhsk Queen— Size, medium to large; form, rather round, flattened 

 at the ends; color, polished waxy white, with bright blush on sun side with numerous 

 fine, irregular gray dots showing through the skin, (a beautiful fruit); cavity, 

 smooth, regular, greenish; stem, medium long; basin, broad, much wrinkled; calyx, 

 closed; flesh, nearly white; flavor, pleasant acid; season, August and September; 

 tree, medium upright, good grower; origin, Russia. Not the Lubsk Queen of Tuttle, 

 which is much like the White Pigeon. 



LOWLAND RASPBERRY. 



Description: Lmvland Easpherry—Size, 6; form, round conical; color, orange yel- 

 low, striped, splashed and shaded with red, showing gray dots through the color; cav- 

 ity, medium broad, rather deep; stem, medium; basin, small, wrinkled; calyx; closed 

 or half open; flesh, light yellow, often stained with red, fine, tender, juicy; core, 

 medium open; flavor, sub-acid, good; season, August (as early as Transparent): tree, 

 medium upright, round topped, excellent; origin, Russia. 



A. G. Tuttle: There is no early apple east or west of better quality than Lowland 

 Raspberry. The tree is perfect and a good bearer, and the fruit is handsomely 

 colored. 



OSTRAKOFF. 



Descbiption: Osf.'a7io# (4 M)— Size, 5; form, round; color, yellowish green, shaded 

 brown on sun side, many grayish spots, often covered with blackisli fungus spots; cav- 

 ity, medium; stem, long, thin; basin, shallow, wrinkled; calyx, half open; flesh, yel- 

 lowish, white, fine; flavor, sub-acid; season, early winter; origin, Russia; tree, a 

 vigorous grower, subject to blight, does best on high limestone and clay soils. 



VARGULEK. 



Description: VarguJek (12 M)— Size, 5 to 7; form, round, conical; color, straw yellow 

 with splashes of red on sun side; cavity, regular, medium deep; stem, medium long; 

 basin, medium deep, wrinkled, abrupt; caU'x. closed; core, small, closed; flesh, fine, 

 white, tough, corkj'; flavor, pleasant acid; season, September 1st; origin, Russia; 

 tree, very upright, moderately vigorous. Inclined to blight. 



C. Wedge: Clemens and Kinne, of Storm Lake, Iowa, think well of this variety, 

 season, September; the tree is very upright. 



J. S. Harris: I do not think it of any value as the tree is inclined to blight. 



C G. Patten: Vargulek is a good tree, but the fruit drops badly. 



SWEET LONGFIELD. 



Descriftion: Siveet LongfieldSize, 5; form, oblong, somewhat oblique; color, yel- 

 low with blush on sun side, dark dots; cavity, angular, broad, deep, russeted; stem, 

 medium; basin, narrow, shallow, corrugated; calyx, closed; flesh, fine grained; flavor, 

 sweet: season, early autumn; origin, Russia. 



J. Sexton; Sweet Longfield we find is a hardy tree acd a good bearer. It is a good 

 sweet apple, and worthy of cultivation. The tree is rather spreading, does not resem- 

 ble Longfield, and the foliage heavier than that of Longfield. It is tlie name now 

 given to it instead of Kursk Reinette (20 M). 



BEAUTIFUL ARCADE. 



Description: Beauff/uJ Arcade— Size, 6; form, oblong conical, angular; color, light 

 yellow, clouded and splashed with red, often with surface roughened by raised dots; 

 cavity, wide, deep, furrowed; stem, long; basin, shallow, rather abrupt, wrinkled; 

 calyx, half open; flesh, dry, tender: flavor, good, sweet; season, August: origin, Rus- 

 sia; tree, irregular, spreading, open, good grower. 



A. G. Tuttle: Beautiful Arcade blights a little on young trees, but not on old 

 trees. 



C. G. Patten: It shows much blight with me. 



J. Sexton: It blights some at Ames. 



ZUZOFF. 



Description: Zuzo^— Winter Zuzoff of Tuttle— Size. 8 to 9; form, round-oblate, 

 rather angular; color, greenish, nearly or quite overspread witli dark red with many 



