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Stem short to moderately long, slender. Cavity rather large, acute or some- 

 times obtuse, moderately deep, moderately narrow to broad, often with out- 

 spreading russet. Calyx below medium to large, partly open or sometimes 

 closed ; lobes leafy, long, acute to acuminate. Basin wide, varying from very 

 shallow and obtuse to rather deep and abrupt, somewhat furrowed and 

 wrinkled. 



Skin thin, tough, smooth or slightly roughened with capillary russet lines 

 about the basin, glossy, bright pale yellow or greenish mottled and shaded 

 with pinkish-red, splashed and striped with bright carmine. Dots whitish or 

 russet, often areolar, rather large and conspicuous. Prevailing effect bright 

 pinkish-red. 



Calyx tube short and obtusely cone-shape or sometimes approaching funnel- 

 form. Stanicns median. 



Core below medium to rather large, abaxile to nearly axile ; cells sym- 

 metrical, open or sometimes closed; core lines meeting or somewhat clasping. 

 Carpels thin, usually smooth, broadly roundish to elongated or narrowing 

 irregularly toward the apex, acuminate, emarginate. Seeds numerous, above 

 medium, wide, plump, obtuse, dark. 



Flesh whitish, firm, moderately fine-grained, crisp, tender, juicy, subacid 

 becoming mildly subacid, aromatic, sprightly, good but not high in flavor or 

 quality. 



Season at Geneva November to March. 



"Makefield is the name given to an apple shown at the meet- 

 ing of the New Jersey Horticultural Society in 1900. It origi- 

 nated in Makefield township, Bucks Co., Pa., hence its name. It is 

 supposed to be a sport from Smith's Cider, which it resembles in tree. 

 It is fully as prolific as Smith's Cider. The fruit is like Smith's 

 Cider in all respects, except that it has a deep red color, making it 

 more valuable for market. The distinctive feature is that the red 

 is not in stripes as in Smith's Cider, and even the small specimens 

 are red " (22). 



SMOKEHOUSE. 



References. 1. Horticultunst. 2:482, 570. 1848. 2. Brinckle, lb., 3:333. 

 1849. fig. 3. Thomas, 1849:152. 4. Horticulturist, 4:340, 414. 1850. 5. Am. 

 Pom. Soc. Cat., 1852. 6. Horticulturist, 7:475. 1852. 7. Mag. Hort., 19:68. 

 1853. 8. Hovey, lb., 22:558. 1856. Hg. 9. Horticulturist, 11:289. 1856. 10. 

 Downing, 1857:104. 11. Hooper. 1857:85. 12. Hoft'y, N. A. Pom., i860, col. 

 pi. 13. Horticulturist, 15:184. i860. 14. Warder, 1867:732. 15. Fitz, 1872: 

 143, 153- 16. Leroy, 1873:815. figs. 17. Barry, 1883:355. 18. Wickson, 1889: 

 244. 19. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:296. 20. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892: 

 249. 21. Hicks, Rural N. Y., 53:205. 1894. 22. Alwood, Va. Sta. Bui, 130: 

 136. 1901. 23. Dickens and Greene, Kan. Sta. Bui., 106:55. 1902. 24. Bruner, 

 iV. C. Sta. Bui, 182:22. 1903. 25. Budd-Hansen, 1903:177. Hg. 



Synonyms. English Vandevere (10). Gibbons Smokehouse (i). Mill- 

 creek (12). Millcreek Vandevere (4, 9, 10, 16). Red Vandevere (16). 

 Smoke House (ii, 12). Vandervcre (12). Vandevere English (16). 



