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Fruit. 



Fruit medium to large, pretty uniform in size. Form rather variable, 

 roundish to oblate, often inclined to conic, more or less irregular, somewhat 

 angular; sides sometimes unequal. Stem medium or sometimes long, rather 

 slender. Cavity acute, usually deep, moderately wide or wide, often furrowed 

 or compressed, marked with yellowish-russet which sometimes extends beyond 

 the cavity, sometimes lipped. Calyx small, closed or partly open ; lobes small, 

 narrow, reflexed. Basin rather small, deep, narrow to moderately wide, very 

 abrupt, nearly symmetrical or slightly furrowed, sometimes wrinkled. 



Skin rather thin, tough, smooth, bright pale yellow blushed and mottled 

 w'ith pinkish-red and striped with darker red, highly colored specimens being 

 nearly overspread with bright red becoming on the exposed cheek nearly as 

 dark red as Jonathan or Gano, often irregularly veined with russet. Dots 

 usually small, yellowish or pale gray, sometimes large. 



Calyx tube funnel-form. 



Core medium to small, axile; cells closed or nearly so; core lines clasping 

 or meeting. Carpels smooth, wide at the middle, emarginate, often approach- 

 ing obcordate. Seeds below medium or small, irregular, dark, obtuse. 



Flesh whitish with yellow tinge, moderately firm, tender, moderately fine- 

 grained, not crisp, moderately juicy, sweet or very mildly subacid, slightly 

 aromatic, good or sometimes very good. 



Season October to midwinter or later. 



PARSON. 



References, i. Bailej', An. Hort., 1892:246. 2. Craig, Can. Dept. Agr. 

 Rpt., 1896:132. 



Synonym. Parson's Sweet (i). Parson's Siveet (2). 



A large, handsome, dark red, early winter apple of excellent flavor. It has 

 not been sufficiently tested in this vicinity to determine its value for this 

 region. Professor John Craig states that it resembles the Sweet Winesap but 

 is of much purer quality. 



Historical. Said to have originated near Springfield, Mass., as a seedling 

 in one of the old orchards of that locality. Fowler Brothers brought the 

 stock to Geneva, New York, about 1880 where it was propagated for their 

 own sales as it was known only locally in the vicinity of Springfield. Mr. 

 A. L. Root, of the Fonthill Nurseries, Welland, Ontario, who obtained the 

 variety from Fowler Brothers, sent scions of it to this Station for testing 

 in 1901. 



Tree. 



Tree vigorous with long, moderately stout branches. Form upright and 

 somewhat spreading or roundish, open. Twigs long, stout, slightly curved ; 

 internodes short. Bark very dark brown lightly streaked with scarf-skin, 

 pubescent. Lenticels numerous, medium in size, oblong, slightly raised, rather 

 conspicuous. Buds deeply set in bark, large, broad, flat, obtuse, appressed, 

 pubescent. 



Fruit. 



The following is Craig's description of the fruit (2). "Large, roundish, 

 oblique, conical. Skin moderately smooth ; colour, yellow, nearly covered with 

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