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to long. Bark clear reddish-brown, lightly mottled with scarf-skin, lightly- 

 pubescent. Lenticels quite numerous, medium to large, oval or elongated, 

 raised, very conspicuous, pale and contrasting clearly with the bright smooth 

 bark. Buds large, broad, plump, obtuse, free, projecting, slightly pubescent. 



Fruit. 



Fruit medium to large or very large, variable in size and form. Form com- 

 monly roundish but varying to oblong or to oblate and often inclined to conic, 

 more or less irregular, sometimes elliptical, sometimes ribbed. Stem medium 

 to short. Cavity rather small to large, acute to acuminate, moderately narrow 

 to wide, deep, often compressed or lipped, often with outspreading russet. 

 Calyx variable, small to large, closed or open. Basin small to large, narrow 

 to wide, usually abrupt, moderatelj' deep, furrowed and wrinkled. 



Skin smooth, somewhat waxy, clear pale yellow or greenish, sometimes 

 faintly blushed. Dots varying from small to large and irregular, usually 

 whitish and submerged, sometimes gray with russet point. Prevailing effect 

 clear yellow or greenish. 



Calyx tube moderately wide, conical or approaching urn-shape. Staniens 

 median. 



Core medium or above, usually axile or nearly so; cells usually symmetrical, 

 closed or sometimes open ; core lines meeting or somewhat clasping. Carpels 

 broadly roundish, truncate at base, narrowing toward the apex, mucronate, 

 but slightly emarginate if at all. Seeds very small, variable in shape ; often 

 some are abortive. 



Flesh tinged with yellow, medium in texture, crispness and firmness, juicy, 

 with slight aroma, mild subacid, fair to good. 



OAKLAND, 



Referenxes. I. Garfield, Am. Pom. Sac. Rpt., 1883:120. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. 

 Cat., 1883:12. 3. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:294. 4. Thomas, 1897: 

 647. 5. Farrand, Mich. Sta. Bui, 205:45. 1903. 6. Powell and Fulton, U. S. 

 B. P. I. Bui, 48:51. 1903. 7. Beach and Clark, A''. Y. Sta. Bui, 248:135. 1904. 



Synonym. Oakl.\nd County Seek-Xo-Further (i). Oakland County 

 Seek-Xo-Further (2, 4, 6, y). 



A mildly sweet apple of good medium size, attractive dark red color, pleasant 

 flavor and good quality. In common storage it is in season from late Novem- 

 ber to midwinter or later; in cold storage it may be held till April (7). The 

 tree is a rather slow grower. As fruited at this Station it comes into bearing 

 rather young and is a reliable cropper, giving full crops bienniallj'. Probably 

 it would be an advantage to top-work this variety on some more vigorous 

 stock. 



Historical. This for many years has been a popular variety in Oakland 

 county, ^Michigan, where it probably originated. In 1883 it was brought to 

 the notice of the American Pomological Society by Charles W. Garfield (i) 

 and was entered upon the list of that Society's Catalogue as a promising 

 variety in Michigan (2). It was dropped from the list when the Catalogue 

 was revised in 1897. In 1903 Farrand (5) stated that in some portions of 

 Michigan it is quite largely planted for commercial purposes. It is practically 

 unknown in New York. 



