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It is said to keep well in storage, holding firm with good color and fine flavor 

 till late in the season. 



Stock of this variety was received for testing at this Station in 1900 from 

 J. B. Wild & Bros., Sarcoxie, Mo. It has not yet been tested here sufficiently 

 to show whether it promises to be of value for commercial planting in New 

 York. Thus far the fruit has not been nearly so attractive in color nor as 

 good in quality as Tompkins King, Baldwin or Northern Spy, but it averages 

 good marketable size and is superior in quality to Ben Davis and other apples 

 of that class. It has been grown here on heavy clay loam. It is quite prob- 

 able that on warmer, lighter soils it would develop better color and flavor. 

 The tree is a vigorous grower, comes into bearing early and gives evidence 

 of being a reliable biennial bearer. 



Fruit. 



Fruit large to medium as grown at this Station. Form slightly oblate in- 

 clined to conic. Stem medium to short. Cavity acute to acuminate, deep, 

 rather narrow to moderately wide, symmetrical or slightly furrowed, russeted 

 and often with outspreading russet rays. Calyx small to medium, partly open, 

 sometimes closed. Basin abrupt, symmetrical or somewhat compressed. 



Skin rather thick, tough, dull greenish becoming yellow, blushed with dull 

 red sparingly and faintly striped with dull carmine, in highly colored speci- 

 mens developing deep dull red over a large part of the fruit. Dots scattering, 

 medium to large, pale gray or russet. 



Calyx tube short cone-shape varying to short funnel-form with fleshy pistil 

 point projecting into the base. 



Core medium to below; cells closed; core lines meeting or slightly clasping. 

 Carpels roundish, deeply emarginate. Seeds medium to large, light brown, 

 rather narrow, acute. 



Flesh whitish or tinged with green, firm, fine, moderately crisp, very tender, 

 moderately juicy to juicy, subacid, good. 



Season January to April or May. 



WASHINGTON ROYAL, 



References, i. Robbing, ^V. E. Farmer, 7:231. 1855. 2. Downing, 1857: 

 201. 3. Warder, 1867:735. 4. Downing, 1869:396. 5, Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 

 1871. 6. Thomas, 1875:515. 7. Lyon, M.ch. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:298. 8. 

 Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:246. 9. Maynard, Putnam and Fletcher, Mass. Sta. 

 Bui, 44:4. 1897. 10. Waugh, Amer. Card., 20:221. 1899. Hg. 11. Van Deman, 

 Rural N. Y., 60:69. 1901. 12. Waugh, Vt. Sta. An. Rpt., 14:312. 1901. 13. 

 Mead, Rural X. Y., 61:67. 1902. 14. lb., 62:50. 1903. figs. 15. Powell and 

 Fulton, U. S. B. P. L Bui, 48:60. 1903. 16. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui, 

 248:149. 1904. 



Synonyms. Lock's Favorite (12). P.\lmer Greening (8, 9, 13, 14). 

 Palmer Greening (4, 10, 11, 12, 15). Washington Royal (14). 



Fruit yellow or greenish usually somewhat shaded with red, 

 rather attractive in color, quite variable in size, good in quality 

 but mild in flavor and eventually becoming nearly sweet. ]\Iore 

 suitable for dessert than for culinary use. As grown at Geneva 



