io6 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



An early winter apple of medium size, yellow, blushed and striped with red, 

 handsome and of very good quality, formerly grown to some extent in Western 

 New York (2, 3), but now practically obsolete. We have not bsen able to 

 determine whether the variety given by Warder under this name ( i ) is identi- 

 cal with the Democrat described by Downing and Thomas. 



DICKINSON. 



REFERENCES, i. Pa. Dept. Agr., Rpt. Hort. Assn., 1884:49. col. pi. 2. 

 Chase, Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1885:25. 3. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:237. 4. 

 Beach, N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 12:600. 1893. 5. Richman, Utah Sta. Bui, 45:15. 

 1896. 6. Beach, Western N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1896:52. 7. Powell and 

 Fulton, U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 48:40. 1903. 8. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui, 

 248:116. 1904. 



SYNONYM. DICKENSON (5, 7), but incorrectly. 



Tree not a good grower, but very productive. Fruit resembles 

 Yellow Bellflawer in shape, but the color is red. It is of good size 

 and attractive enough in appearance to make a good market apple, 

 but it is not above second rate in quality. 



Historical. Grown from seed of the Yellow Bellflower by Sarah Dickinson, 

 Westchester, Pennsylvania (i, 2). 



TREE. 



Tree not large, not very vigorous ; branches short, stout, crooked. Form 

 roundish, spreading, rather dense. Twigs small to medium, crooked, moder- 

 ately stout; internodes short to above medium. Bark clear, light olive-green 

 tinged with reddish-brown, streaked with scarf-skin, slightly pubescent. 

 Lenticcls rather inconspicuous, rather numerous, small or below medium, 

 usually roundish, not raised. Buds medium in size or below, broad, plump, 

 obtuse, free or nearly so, pubescent. Leaves medium in size, moderately 

 broad. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium to large, somewhat variable in size. Form oblong-conic, 

 sometimes compressed or broadly angular ; sides sometimes unequal. Stem 

 medium to long. Cavity moderately broad, moderately deep, acute to acumi- 

 nate, symmetrical or sometimes compressed, usually smooth. Calyx medium, 

 closed or sometimes open. Basin shallow to moderately deep and abrupt, 

 often oblique, somewhat furrowed and wrinkled. 



Skin smooth, light yellow or green, blushed and mottled with bright red, 

 striped with darker red, sprinkled with inconspicuous, small, green and whitish 

 dots. Prevailing effect red with well-colored fruit. 



Calyx tube funnel-form. Stamfns median to basal. 



Core large, abaxile; cells not always symmetrical, usually open; core lines 

 usually somewhat clasping. Carpels roundish oblong. Seeds numerous, 

 medium or above, plump, obtuse. 



Flesh yellowish, juicy to very juicy, moderately fine-grained, slightly aro- 

 matic, subacid, moderately firm, tender, fair to good. 



Season November to April. 



