98 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



TREE. 



Tree moderately vigorous; branches long, slender and drooping. Form 

 somewhat spreading, rather dense. Twigs medium in length, curved, slender ; 

 internodes long. Bark brown, lightly streaked with scarf-skin ; pubescent. 

 Lenticels numerous, small, oblong. Buds small, acute, deeply set in the bark, 

 appressed, pubescent. Leaves medium, broad. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium or above ; pretty uniform in size and shape. Form roundish 

 oblate. Stem variable. Cavity acute, deep, rather broad, slightly furrowed, 

 often with outspreading russet rays. Calyx medium to large, closed or partly 

 open. Basin moderately shallow to rather deep, medium to rather wide, dis- 

 tinctly abrupt, often somewhat furrowed, wrinkled. 



Skin nearly smooth, yellow overlaid with bright, dark red and with distinct 

 narrow stripes of carmine. Color decidedly attractive. Dots variable, small 

 to rather large, often russet. 



Calyx tube funnel-shape. Stamens medium to nearly marginal. 



Core medium to rather small, axile ; cells usually symmetrical, closed ; core 

 lines clasping. Carpels rather concave, broadly roundish, deeply emarginate 

 approaching broad obcordate, usually smooth. Seeds numerous, medium to 

 rather large, rather wide, obtuse, dark. 



Flesh whitish, firm, rather fine, rather tender, moderately juicy, subacid 

 becoming mild subacid, rather sprightly, slightly aromatic, not high in flavor, 

 good. 



Season January to May. 



COGSWELL. 



REFERENCES, i. Hovey, Mag. Hort., 15:252. 1849. fig. 2. Hovey, 2:31. 

 1851. col. pi. 3. Cabot, Mag. Hort., 17:69. 1851. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1854. 

 5. Clift, Mag. Hort., 22:76. 1856. 6. Downing, 1857:75. fig. 7. Elliott, 1858: 

 469. 8. Downing, Mag. Hort., 27:59. 1861. 9. Warder, 1867:589. 10. Down- 

 ing, 1872:130. fig. ii. Barry, 1883:344. 12. Thomas, 1885:232. 13. Lyon, 

 Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:290. 14. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:237. 15. Lyon, 

 Mich. Sta. Bui, 169:179. 1899. *6. Budd-Hansen, 1903:65. fig. 17. Beach 

 and Clark, A r . Y. Sta. Bui, 248:115. 1904. 



SYNONYMS. COGGESWELL (9). COGGSWELL (3). Cogswell Pearmain (2, 6, 

 10). Cogswell's Pearmain (7). Not identical with Ohio Nonpareil (8). 



Tree hardy and rather vigorous, but not reliably productive, 

 although sometimes it bears heavy crops. Fruit about medium size, 

 yellowish-green more or less overlaid with red; in well colored 

 specimens, nearly covered with red. It is not equal to standard 

 varieties of its season in quality and general appearance. Not 

 recommended for planting. 



Historical. Introduced into cultivation in Connecticut about one hundred 

 years ago (5). It has been widely disseminated but in no section of the 

 country has it come to occupy a prominent position as a commercial variety. 



