376 ANNUAL BEPOBT. 



69. Summer Birnapfel; — Summer Pear; — A. white apple, rather small, very 

 conic, with wrinkled basin.— Sias. It seems not the same as Fear apple No. 267. 



153. Skvoasnoi Nalin ; Transparent Juicy — Dr. Regel describes this as one of the most 

 popular kind of apples. It is grown in the Nortli pai-t of the I'rovince of .St. Petersburg, 

 and in Provinces to tlie the Soutli of Mosoow. This and tlie Wliite Na'iv constitute the 

 larger part of the apples to be seen in the Province of St. Petersburg. This true Russian 

 apple, on account of its good quality, heavy bearing, transparency and beauty, has become 

 widely popular. 



Transparent (nalivnoe) app'es are beautiful dessert fruits. They sell at high prices, ripen 

 in September, and must be used at once. When the fruit is opaque it may be kept till 

 December. 



157. Belui Nalin ; Juicy White — A white fruit of good size; acid, but milder 

 when fully ripe, says Mr. Tuttle. 



Dr. Kegel say's the Belui Naliv is one of the most valuable of Russian apples, because it 

 grows even in the Northern part of the province of St. Petersburg and at the Va'aam 

 Monastery near the Northern end of Lake Ladoga, and in some parts of Finland. It takes 

 first place before all others, just as does Skvosnoi Naliv, which is about as popular. It 

 stands our severest winters at St. Petersburg, and bears every year or at any rate every 

 second year, heavily. It grows without any care, grows in neglected gardens, and is the 

 earliest green apjile in our markets. 



Ordinary samples are a little below medium in size; good specimens a good deal above 

 it, and quite yellow when lipe. Season, August till December, but if not preserved very 

 carefully it will rot in September and October. Dr. Regel notes as synonyms of this app'e, 

 Ihe White Astrachan, of Lucas and Oberdick and the I'ossart's MosKauer Na'ivia of Lucas 

 and Oberdick. This apple, however, is not at all of white Astrachan type. 



The Belui Skvosnoi Na'iv, Dr. Regel describes from samples received from Nishny 

 Novgorod, and the provinces of Moscow and Vladimir, and the South. He says he thinks 

 it is often mixed with Naliv Belui. 



161. Langerfeldskoe. — Lougfield. — An early winter fruit of fine quality, and 

 bright attractive color. As pointed out by Mr. Webster, it is the rame as No. 

 587, English Pippin. Mr. Budd was told at the nursery of Mr. C. H. Wagner, 

 at Riga, that this apple was a seedling grown by an Englishman on the Volga, 

 and that it was sometimes knowu as the English Pippm, and sometimes Long- 

 field, supposed to be from the shape of the field the tree was growing in. Mr. 

 Budd received it both from Moscow and St. Petersburg, and he has that of the 

 Department list I believe under both numbers. His are all alike and true to 

 name. It therefore seems to be one of those apples which is apt to come true to 

 name from different sources. Mr. Tuttle, says it is as good a bearer as Duchess, 

 and thinks the finding of this worth all the trouble and expense he has had of 

 testing so many Russian varieties. The flesh is white and fine grained; the 

 skin bright yellow and bright pink. Mr. Tuttle says it would be safe to plant 

 1,000 trees of it. Its fault is its small size; a fault increased by top-grafting on 

 crab, but those who are growing it on apple roots in rich prairie soils in the 

 West, do not seem to grumble at its smallness in size. 



Dr. Regel says the Langerfeldskoe as far as we know has been grown only in the garden 

 of Mr. Longfelder, at the German colony of Sarepta, on the Volga, half way between 

 Saratov and Astrachan. It is a lemon colored apple, red on the sunny side with white 

 tender, juicy flesh. Neither the cold nor the winds nor the storms of the intensely steppe 

 country of Sarepta disturb the growth of this tree. Of 100 different varieties growing in 

 the garden of Mr. Longfelder, only this one bears fruit every year. Let us remember that 

 Sarepta is not a high northern climate. 



16.'. Buschbon;— Buschbon; — Mr. Saunders, of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, at Washington, says, a very good summer fruit, somewhat aromatic in 

 flavor, ripe about June 22nd. 



