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extent in this state. It is seldom or never intentionally planted by the fruit 

 grower hut sometimes it has been cultivated by mistake in place of the true 

 Lady. It is easily distinguished from the true Lady because the bark of the 

 twigs is not so nearly black, the fruit is more nearly round, has a very shallow 

 basin and is a little larger and less highly colored than the Lady. It is an 

 undesirable variety. 



Sccdli)igs. Fruits of different seedlings of the Lady have from time to 

 time been received at this Station. None of these has been sufficiently tested 

 as yet to show whether it is worthy of being introduced into general cultiva- 

 tion. One of the most remarkable lot of Lady seedlings which has come to 

 our attention is that originated by Le Grand M. Smith of Nyack, N. Y., a 

 brief notice of which was published in 1895.1 Some of these may be as 

 desirable as the Lady. 



Helen is an apple of the Lady class much larger than Lady and fully as 

 attractive in color. The flesh is very white, crisp, juicy and of mild agree- 

 able flavor. It is grown by R. N. Lewis of Red Hook, Dutchess county, 

 N. Y., who reports that the tree is productive and that the fruit keeps late 

 and brings good prices. 



Highland Be.^uty, another Lady seedling, is described on a previous 

 page. 



LADY FINGER 



References. i. Coxe. 1817:146. fig. 2. Thacher, 1822:129. 3- Elliott, 

 1854:173. 4. Hooper, 1857:52. 5. Warder, 1867:724. 6. Downing, 1869:245, 

 329. 7. lb., 1876:55 app. 8. Hogg, 1884:127. g. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:243. 

 10. Thomas, 1897:642. 



Several different varieties of apples are known in cultivation under the 

 name Lady Finger but none of these is grown to any considerable extent in 

 New York. 



Coxe ( I ) describes Lady Finger or Long Pippin as a variety of very delicate 

 growth with small limbs, fruit remarkably long, skin greenish-yellow, season 

 early winter. 



Thacher's (2) description of Lady Finger is that it " is a long, taoering 

 fruit, of a beautiful yellow and red color. It is well flavored, keeps till June. 

 The tree bears abundantly." 



Elliott (3) describes Lady Finger, synonym Sheepnose, "as medium, oblong, 

 pale yellow, often blushed. Flesh firm, watery. Season November, Decem- 

 ber." 



Hooper (4) recognizes Lady Finger as a synonym of Kaighn, but erron- 

 eously, according to Downing, who gives Red Winter Pearmain as the correct 

 name for this variety. 



Warder (5) gives Red Lady Finger as a synonym of Red Winter Pearmain 

 and Lady Finger Pippin as a synonym of Red Winter Pippin. 



Downing (6, 7) recognizes the varieties described under the name Lady 

 Finger by Hogg, Coxe, and Elliott as mentioned above and adds the descrip- 

 tion of still another variety which he received under this name from Mary- 

 land, the fruit of which is roundish conical, yellowish, shaded with deep 

 crimson, subacid, good to very good ; season August. He also gives Lady 



'Rural N. v., 54; 106. 1895. 



