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Tree. 

 Tree a moderate grower. Twigs short, rather slender, rather crooked con- 

 sidering the length ; internodes short. Bark smooth, clear light reddish-brown 

 mingled with olive-green, not pubescent. Lcnticcls rather scattering, below 

 medium, generally elongated, raised. Buds medium or below, rather promi- 

 nent, rather acute, slightly pubescent, lightly attached to the bark. 



Fruit. 



Fruit large. Form oblate to roundish oblate, somewhat irregular, usually 

 broadly and obscurely ribbed ; sides sometimes unequal. Stem rather stout, 

 short to medium. Cavity large, acute to acuminate, wide, deep, usually with 

 heavy outspreading russet. Calyx medium to large, closed or open. Basin 

 large, abrupt, wide, moderately deep, obscurely furrowed, wrinkled. 



Skin thick, tough, pale yellow or pale green washed and mottled with red, 

 striped and blushed with bright carmine. Dots numerous, small, light or 

 russet, mingled with others which are large, gray and areolar. Prevailing 

 effect in well colored specimens, beautiful red striped. 



Calyx tube medium, varying from conical to funnel-form. Stamens median 

 or approaching basal. 



Core below medium to small, varying from decidedly abaxile to nearly 

 axile ; cells usually symmetrical and open or sometimes closed ; core lines 

 clasping. Carpels much concave, elliptical to roundish, emarginate, usually 

 smooth. Seeds rather dark, medium to rather large, plump, wide and obtuse. 



Flesh tinged with yellow, moderately firm, moderately coarse, rather tender, 

 crisp, juicy with distinct aroma, mild subacid, fair to good. 



Season November to April (20, 22). 



BULLOCK, 



References, i. Coxe, 1817:125. 2. Thacher, 1822:122. 3. Buel, N. Y. 

 State Bd. of Agr. Memoirs, 3:476. Cat. No. 34. 1826. 4. Cat. Hort. Soc. 

 London, 1831:35. 5. Kenrick, 1833:33. 6. Manning, 1838:54. 7. Dittrich, 

 Syst. Handb. der Obstk., 1:504. 1839. 8. Downing, 1845:131. 1847. col. pi 

 9. Thomas, 1849:178. fig. 10. Mag. Hort., 15:250. 1849. 11. Emmons, Nat. 

 Hist. N. v., 3:94. 1851. fig., col. pi. No. 52. 12. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1852. 

 13. Mag. Hort., 19:126. 1853. 14. Biedenfeld, 1854:223. 15. Mag. Hort., 

 21:300, 398. 1855. 16. Hooper, 1857:11, 20. 17. Elliott, 1858:71. fig. 18. 

 Flotow, ///. Handb. der Obstk., 1:337. 1859. 19. Warder, 1867:521. 20. Regel, 

 1:440. 1868. 21. Mas, Le Verger, 4:33. col. pi. 22. Lauche, i: col. pi. No. 73. 

 1882. 23. Barry, 1883:341. 24. Hogg, 1884:7. 25. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. 

 Rpt., 1890:288. 25. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:236. 27. Munson, Me. Sta. An. 

 Rpt., 1893:132. 28. Out. Fr. Stas. An. Rpt., 2:32. 1895. 29. N. C. Bd. 

 of Agr. Bui., igoo-.G. 30. Waugh, 11. Sta. An. Rpt., 1/^:286. 1901. 31. Macoun, 

 Can. Dept. Agr. Bui, 37:42. 1901. 32. Budd-Hansen, 1903:57. fig. 



Synonyms. American Golden Russet (9, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 

 28, 30, 31). American Golden Russet (17, 27, 29, 2,2)- Bullock (30). Bul- 

 lock's Pepping (18, 22). Bullock's Pippin (8). Bullock's Pippin (i, 2, 

 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 21). Fall IVinesap (17), erroneously. Golden Russet 

 (5, 6). Golden Russet (8, 9, 17). Golden Russet, American (8). Little 

 Pearmain (17). Pippin Bullok (7, 14). Sheepnose (i). Sheepnose (8, 

 9, 17). Sheep's Nose (4). Sheep's Snout (2). 



