72 The Apples of New York. 



GARDEN ROYAL. 



References, i. Manning, Mag. Hort., 13:438. 1847. 2. Hovey, Ih., 14: 

 18. 1848. iig. 3. Thomas, Cultivator, 5:212. 1848. 4. Cole, 1849:106. fig. 

 5. Thomas, 1849:139. fig. 6. Barry, 1851:284. 7. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1854. 

 8. Elliott, 1854:81. 9. Mag. Hort., 21:63. 1855. 10. Downing, 1857:79. 11. 

 Warder, 1867:719. 12. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:292. 13. Bailey, 

 An. Hort., 1892:239. 14. Rural N. Y., 60:247. 1901. 15. Budd-Hansen, 

 1903:88. fig. 16. Farrand, Mich. Sta. Bui, 205:44. 1903. 



Synonyms. None. 



Garden Royal is not a good variety for commercial planting be- 

 cause the fruit is too small and its season early and short, but by 

 many it is considered one of the very best dessert apples of late 

 summer and early autumn. The fruit is of regular form, very 

 handsome deep yellow striped with orange-red and dark crimson. 

 The flesh is very tender, aromatic and with a delicate, pleasant 

 acid flavor ; season, August and September. The tree when full 

 grown is of medium size, moderately vigorous, with roundish head. 

 It appears to be hardy, healthy and long-lived, comes into bearing 

 young and is a reliable biennial cropper. 



Historical. Origin Sudbury, Mass. (2). It is occasionally found in this 

 state in home orchards. It is now little propagated by nurserymen and sel- 

 dom planted. 



Fruit. 



Fruit medium or below. Form round, slightly oblate, often a little inclined 

 to conic, regular or obscurely ribbed. Stem short to medium, straight, rather 

 slender. Cavity acute sometimes approaching acuminate, rather deep and 

 broad, slightly furrowed, often faintly russeted. Calyx small to above me- 

 dium, open or partly closed ; lobes often separated at base, rather short, 

 acute. Basin moderately shallow, rather wide, obtuse to somewhat abrupt, 

 slightly wrinkled. 



Skin thin, greenish-yellow, sometimes entirely overspread with red, irregu- 

 larly striped and splashed with carmine. Dots numerous, rather conspicuous, 

 medium or above, often irregular, russet or yellowish. 



Calyx tube medium size, funnel-shape. Stamens median to nearly marginal. 



Core small, axile ; cells closed or slightly open ; core lines clasping. Carpels 

 small, elliptical, emarginate. 



Flesh tinged with yellow, fine, tender, juicy, agreeable mild subacid, aro- 

 matic, very good. 



Season late August and September. 



