194 The Apples of New York. 



only fair to good. The tree is thrifty and an excellent cropper and the fruit 

 hangs well to the tree despite high winds (8, lo, 20) ; laterals slender becom- 

 ing drooping with heavy crops. 



Fruit. 



Fruit above medium to below ; uniform in size and shape. Form roundish 

 to slightly oblate conic, ribbed but slightly if at all, symmetrical and regular. 

 Stem medium in length and thickness, usually not exserted. Cavity acumi- 

 nate, deep, rather broad to moderately narrow, sometimes partly russeted, 

 smooth or gently furrowed. Calyx small to medium, closed or partly open; 

 lobes short, broad, flat or sometimes recurved. Basin small, moderately 

 narrow, varying from shallow and obtuse to moderately deep and somewhat 

 abrupt, often a little furrowed. 



Skin slightly roughened with numerous and rather conspicuous russet dots, 

 yellow largely covered with red, deepening in the sun to dark purplish-red, 

 sparingly and obscurely striped with dull carmine, sometimes marked with 

 broken irregular russet veins. Prevailing effect attractive dark red. 



Calyx tube cone-shape to elongated funnel-form. Stamens median or above. 



Core sessile, abaxile or nearly so. rather small to medium ; cells not uni- 

 formly developed, pretty symmetrical, closed or slightly open ; core lines clasp- 

 ing. Carpels concave, elliptical, deeply emarginate, much tufted. Seeds 

 numerous, elongated, medium to small, plump, obtuse to acute, much tufted, 

 clinging to the carpels. 



Flesh yellowish, hard, moderately fine, not very crisp, juicy, aromatic, sub- 

 acid, good. 



Season January to March or April ; in cold storage February to May or 

 later. 



LIMBERTWIG (La7^o-e or ^reen). 



As compared with the variety last described the fruit of the large or green 

 Limbertwig is much the larger but it does not keep as well. It is decidedly 

 less attractive being dull green partly overspread with dull brownish-red, 

 marked over the base with whitish scarf-skin and sometimes with a few 

 irregular patches or streaks of russet. Dots coarse, conspicuous, usually 

 areolar with russet point. 



Cavity large, acute or approaching acuminate, wide, deep, somewhat fur- 

 rowed. Calyx tube cone-shape to somewhat funnel-form. Stamens median. 

 Core medium to rather large, axile ; cells symmetrical, closed; core lines 

 meeting or somewhat clasping. Carpels smooth or nearly so, elliptical to 

 broadly obcordate, deeply emarginate. Seeds rather large to medium, rather 

 wide, obtuse, smooth or nearly so, free. Flesh subacid, coarser and more 

 juicy than the other and much inferior in flavor and quality. 



(I) LONG ISLAND RUSSET. 



References, i. Coxe, 1817:123. fig. 2. Robey, Horticulturist, 11:89. 1856. 

 3. Elliott, 1858:173. 4. Warder, 1867:725. 5. Downing, 1869:255. 6. Am. 

 Pom. Soc. Cat., 1875:10. 7. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:243. 8. Hicks, Rural 

 A^ v., 53:205. 1894. 9- Thomas, 1897:643. 



Synonym. English Russet (8). 



