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1869. 8. Barry, 1883:347. 9. Thomas, 1885:245. 10. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. 

 Rpt., 1890:292. II. Wickson, 1891:247. 12. Bailey, ^n. Hort., 1892:240. 13. 

 Amer. Gard., 19:131. 1898. fig. 14. Brackett, lb., 22:191. 1901. 15. Ahvood, 

 Va. Sta. Bill, 130:133. 1901. 16. Stinson, Mo. Fr. Sta. Bid., 3:25. 1902. 17. 

 Hansen, S. D. Sta. Bui., 76:55. 1902. fig. 18. Budd-Hansen, 1903:95. fig. 

 19. Powell and Fulton. U. S. B. P. I. Bui., 48:43. 1903. 20. Beach and Clark, 

 N. Y. Sta. Bui, 248:123. 1904. 



Synonyms. Grimes' Golden (5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18). 

 Grimes Golden (ig. 20). Grimes Golden Pippin { i. 2, 3. 4, 9, 11, 12). 



Fruit beautiful rich golden-yellow, attractive in form and excellent 

 either for dessert or culinary use. It can hardly be called a standard 

 market variety but in some markets it sells well. It is not a good 

 keeper and is apt to scald in storage. It is in season about with 

 Hubbardston. The tree is a biennial or sometimes an annual bearer 

 and a good cropper. Favorable reports on it have been received 

 from certain localities in Xew York but generally as grown in this 

 state it does not develop in size, color or quality as well as it does 

 in more southern latitudes, and there is a high percentage of loss 

 from drops and culls. Some few X"ew York fruit growers consider 

 it a fairly profitable variety but generally it is regarded less favorably 

 and it has failed to become a standard apple either in the home 

 orchards or in the commercial orchards of the State. The indica- 

 tions are that it will never be grown in Xew York to any consider- 

 able extent. 



Historical. Originated in West Virginia. Fruit from the original tree 

 was sold to the New Orleans traders as long ago as 1804 (6). It has become 

 generally disseminated throughout the Ben Davis regions of the South, West 

 and Southwest, where it is often planted for home use and is highly esteerrred 

 as a dessert apple, but it is not grown extensively in many localities in the 

 commercial orchards. It has long been known in scattering localities in New 

 York and old trees of it are found in some orchards but it has not been gen- 

 erally planted. 



Tree. 



Tree moderately vigorous ; branches short, stout, curved, crooked. Form 

 upright spreading or roundish, inclined to droop; rather dense. Ticigs short 

 to long, straight, moderately stout ; internodes short. Bark dull brownish, 

 rather lightly mottled with scarf-skin ; pubescent in spots and at tips. Lenti- 

 eels scattering, small to large, roundish or oblong, not raised, rather incon- 

 spicuous. Buds medium, broad, obtuse to acute, free, varying from slightly 

 pubescent to quite pubescent. 



Fruit. 



Fruit medium to large. Form roundish oblong, often flattened at the ends, 

 sometimes inclined to conic, pretty regular, sometimes obscurely ribbed, some- 



