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and goes down quickly (24). The tree is very hardy and a good 

 grower, and is a biennial or sometimes annual cropper, yielding 

 moderate to good crops. The fruit, being large, shapely and highly 

 colored, often sells well because of its attractive appearance ; some 

 fruit growers are finding it a profitable variety. 



Historical. Originated by W. A. Springer, near Wolf River, Fremont 

 county, Wis., hence its name. It was entered in the catalogue of the 

 American Pomological Society in 1881 (5). It is frequently listed by 

 nurserymen (11). Within recent years it has been planted to a limited 

 extent in New York state and at the present time its cultivation is probably 

 increasing somewhat. 



Tree. 



Tree large, moderately vigorous. Form much spreading, open and in- 

 clined to droop. Twigs short, straight, slender; internodes short. Bark 

 brown, tinged with green, lightly streaked with scarf-skin ; slightly pubes- 

 cent. Lenticels scattering, small, round, not raised. Buds small, plump, 

 obtuse to acute, free, slightly pubescent. 



Fruit. 



Fruit large, uniform in size and fairly uniform in shape. Form broad 

 and flat at the base and somewhat inclined to conic or roundish, often some- 

 what irregular. Stem short to medium, rather thick, not exserted. Cavity 

 acuminate, usually deep, rather wide and very heavily russeted. Calyx 

 medium to large, open or closed. Basin medium to deep, moderately nar- 

 row, abrupt, usually smooth, somewhat broadly furrowed. 



Skin rather thick, pale bright yellow or greenish, mottled and blushed with 

 bright deep red and marked with conspicuous splashes and broad stripes of 

 bright carmine. Dots numerous, medium to rather large, areolar, depressed, 

 pale or russet. 



Calyx tube conical. Stamens median to basal. 



Core below medium to rather large, somewhat abaxile ; cells closed or 

 partly open ; core lines clasping. Carpels broadly cordate, approaching 

 elliptical, slightly emarginate, somewhat tufted. Seeds dark brown, of 

 medium size, rather wide, short, moderately plump, obtuse. 



Flesh slightly tinged with yellow, firm, moderately coarse, tender, juicy, 

 subacid, a little aromatic, fair to good. 



Season September to December. 



WORKAROE. 



References, i. A^. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 8:349. 1889. 2. Beach, lb., 11:588. 

 1892. 

 Synonyms. None. 



A Russian apple of good size, pale yellow, blushed and striped with red 

 and overspread with pinkish bloom. Flesh firm, crisp, tender, juicy, rather 



