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This shows its kinship to the Blue Pearmain in the quality, tex- 

 ture, form, conspicuous dots and color of its fruit. Sometimes it 

 has a rather dull appearance, but it may attain a bright and 

 attractive, though dark red, color. The quality is fairly good. It 

 will not bear rough handling, and is suitable rather for local markets 

 than for shipping long distances. The tree shows a rather weak 

 development of roots in the nursery, but in the orchard becomes 

 moderately vigorous and generally quite productive. It has proved 

 very hardy in Northern New York, and is recommended for planting 

 for home use and local markets in that section and in the more 

 elevated regions of the state, where varieties of the grade of hardi- 

 ness of Baldwin are apt to show winter injury. In such localities 

 some prefer to grow it on warm soil or sod, to favor the development 

 of better color. It is locally profitable. It is healthy, long-lived 

 and a reliable cropper, usually comes into bearing rather young and 

 bears annually. There is apt to be considerable loss from dropping 

 of the fruit. 



Some have thought that it is identical with an apple grown in 

 Northern New York under the name Stone. The two varieties, as 

 we have received them, are certainly distinct, but both belong to 

 the Blue Pearmain group. 



Historical. It originated in Bethel, Vermont (i). During the last twenty- 

 five years it has become scattered throughout Northern New York, Northern 

 New England and portions of Canada. 



TREE. 



Tree medium to rather large, moderately vigorous or vigorous. Form 

 round, spreading. Twigs spreading, below medium in length, usually curved, 

 somewhat slender; internodes medium. Bark brownish-red, exceptionally 

 mingled with olive-green, blotched with gray ;, sparingly pubescent. Lenticels 

 not very conspicuous, moderately abundant, rather small, roundish. Buds 

 rather small, obtuse, appressed, pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit large. Form roundish, slightly conic, somewhat angular or irregularly 

 elliptical. Stem short, rather slender. Cavity acute to acuminate, deep, 

 rather broad, rather symmetrical, with red russet often outspreading. Calyx' 

 pubescent, medium to rather large, partly open or closed ; lobes rather narrow, 

 acute. Basin rather shallow to moderately deep, moderately wide, slightly 

 furrowed and wrinkled. 



Skin thick, tough, smooth; good deep yellow, washed and mottled with red 

 and striped with purplish carmine, becoming very dark red in highly colored 



