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An old variety which originated in Springport, Cayuga county, N. Y (3, 4). 

 It is probably now obsolete. The tree is upright, thrifty and unproductive. 

 Fruit above medium, roundish, yellowish-green, with few scattering minute 

 dots. Calyx closed. Stem short. Flesh crisp, sprightly subacid, very good. 

 Season December to May (i, 4). 



The variety described by Rurrill and McCluer under this name is evidently 

 not the true Spring Pippin (5). 



SPY. 



Fruit growers and frtiit dealers commonly mention the Northern 

 Spy by the simple name of Spy. For a description of this variety 

 the reader is referred to Northern Spy. 



STANARD, 



References, i. N. Y. Agr. Soc. Trans., 1848:22. 276. 2. Emmons, Nat. Hist. 

 N. Y., 3:78. 1851. 3. Elliott, 1854:158. 4. Warder, 1867:544. tig. 5. Down- 

 ing, 1869:359. 6. Fitz, 1872:121. 7. Thomas, 1875:512. 8. Bailey. An. Hort., 

 1892:250. 9. Powell and Fulton, U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 48:56. 1903. 10. Beach 

 and Clark, A^ }'. Sta. Bui, 248:144. 1904. 



Synonyms. Stanard's Seedling (3, 5). Stannard (8). Stannard's 

 Seedling (2). 



Stanard is a good apple but other varieties of its season are superior to it 

 for either home use or commercial purposes. The fruit is of good market- 

 able size and fairly attractive in general appearance but as grown at this 

 Station it does not develop as bright red color as either Baldwin or Northern 

 Spy and is decidedly inferior to either of these varieties in the texture, flavor 

 and quality of its flesh. Its season extends to January but some portion of 

 the fruit may be kept till spring. Its ordinary commercial limit is October 

 or in cold storage March or April (10). The tree is rather vigorous, comes 

 into bearing early and is an annual bearer, alternating heavy with light crops. 

 It is not recommended for planting in New York. 



Historical. In 1848 Stanard was exhibited before the New York Agri- 

 cultural Society as a new seedling by Benjamin Hodge, Jr., of Buffalo, by 

 whom it w^as afterwards introduced (i). It has been disseminated in portions 

 of the Middle West (4, 5, 8) but it has not won the favor of New York fruit 

 growers and remains practically unknown in this state. 



Tree. 

 Tree moderately vigorous ; branches short, stout, curved. For)n spreading, 

 open. Tzi'igs generally short, somewhat curved, rather stout ; internodes 

 medium to very short. Bark dark reddish-brown mingled with olive-green, 

 partly streaked with thin scarf-skin, heavily pubescent. Lcnticels scattering, 

 small to medium, often elongated, usually not raised. Buds prominent, large, 

 broad, plump, obtuse to acute, free or nearly so, quite pubescent. 



Fruit. 

 Fruit large to above medium, somewhat variable in size. Form oblate 

 conic to roundish conic, wide and flat at the base, regular or obscurely ribbed ; 



