n6 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



Fruit good in quality and one of the latest keepers, but as grown here it 

 barely reaches medium size at its best and often is small, and the color is 

 usually rather dull. It is not well adapted for growing as far north as New 

 York state. 



Historical. Edwards is said to have originated in Chatham county, N. C, 

 as a seedling of the Hall. 



TREE. 



Tree not vigorous, small, stunted. Form flat, open, spreading and inclined 

 to droop. Tzvigs short to medium, straight, slender ; internodes medium. 

 Bark olive-green tinged with brownish-red, mottled with scarf-skin ; only 

 pubescent near the tips. Lenticels conspicuous, numerous, medium to large, 

 roundish, raised. Buds medium in size, broad, plump, acute, free, not 

 pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium or below, uniform in size and shape. Form oblate to roundish 

 oblate inclined to conic, often slightly ribbed. Stem long, slender. Cavity 

 obtuse to acute, medium, sometimes russeted. Calyx small, closed. Basin 

 variable, rather shallow to moderately deep, moderately narrow to rather wide, 

 often abrupt, nearly smooth. 



Skin smooth, thick, tough, yellowish-green, blushed with dull brownish-red, 

 faintly striped with carmine, in highly colored specimens becoming deep, 

 bright red. Dots large and small, pale and russet. Prevailing effect rather 

 dull green, blushed with dull dark red. 



Calyx tube cone-shape or somewhat funnel-form. Stamens median to 

 marginal. 



Core below medium, abaxile ; cells sometimes unsymmetrical, partly open ; 

 core lines meeting or slightly clasping. Carpels rather flat, roundish obovate 

 to roundish obcordate. Seeds few, dark, medium to large, plump, acute ; 

 often some are abortive. 



Flesh tinged with yellow, firm, rather coarse, tender, breaking, moderately 

 juicy, somewhat astringent, sprightly subacid, aromatic, good. 



Season February to May or later ; sometimes keeps through the summer. 



EISER. 



REFERENCES, i. Diel, Kernobstsorten, 5:175. 1802. (cited by 3). 2. Ober- 

 dieck, ///. Handb. der Obst., 4:353. 1865. (cited by 3). 3. Leroy, 1873:285. 

 fig. 4. Lauche, i: col. pi. No. 10. 1882. 5. Eneroth- Smirnoff, 1901:170. 6. 

 Kan. Sta. Bui., 106:54. 1902. 



SYNONYMS. ARSAPPLE (5). EISER ROUGE (3). Durable Trois ans (3). 

 RED EISEN (6). ROTHER EISER (2). Rother Riser (3). ROTHER EISER- 

 APFEL (4). Rouge Rayee (i, 3). 



Fruit very attractive, of good size, very beautiful color and good 

 quality; suitable for general uses. It has a tough skin which does 

 not readily show bruises. It stands shipping well and is an excel- 

 lent keeper, being much superior to Baldwin in this respect. At the 

 Kansas Station it has not been a good cropper (6), but Leroy states 



