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tube wide, rather short, cone-shape or approaching funnel-form. 

 Stamens basal to median. 



Core decidedly abaxile to nearly axile, medium to large, cells unsymmetrical, 

 open or closed; core lines meeting or somewhat clasping. Carpels distinctly 

 tufted, long, narrowly ovate, mucronate, but slightly emarginate if at all. 

 Seeds often are very few, long, narrow, acute to acuminate, tufted. 



Flesh tinged with yellow or green, firm, coarse, crisp, moderately tender, 

 juicy, subacid to mildly sweet, without distinct or high flavor, quality good or 

 nearly so. 



Season November to March or April, being quite variable in different locali- 

 ties and in different seasons. On Long Island it is commonly in season in 

 October and out of season in January. 



Use. Desirable only for cooking and market. 



FAMILY. 



REFERENCES, i. Warder, 1867:515. 2. Downing, 1872:172. fig. 3. Am. Pom. 

 Soc. Cat., 1873. 4. Barry, 1883:333. 5. Thomas, 1885:509. 6. Bailey, An. 

 h'ort., 1892:239. 7. Clayton, Ala. Sta. Bui., 47:8. 1893. 8. Budd-Hansen, 

 1903:83. 



SYNONYMS. McCi.ouDS FAMILY (i). McLouds Family (2, 4). 



As grown at this Station the Family does not agree closely with the descrip- 

 tions of this variety given by various pomologists (2, 4, 5, 8), particularly in 

 regard to its season of ripening. Nevertheless we believe that we have the 

 variety true to name. We have traced our stock back to W. M. Samuels, 

 Clinton, Kentucky, a careful nurseryman. In Georgia, where it originated, 

 Family is a summer apple and according to some nursery catalogue descrip- 

 tions " keeps ripening for six weeks." In Central Illinois it is in season in 

 September. Here at Geneva some of the fruit may keep through the winter 

 although its season would best be described as extending from October to 

 January. It is not a desirable variety for planting in New York. 



TREE. 



Tree vigorous, with short, moderately stout branches ; does not come into 

 bearing young but is an annual bearer and a moderately good cropper. There 

 is a considerable loss from the dropping of the fruit. Form upright spread- 

 ing, rather dense. Tivigs short, straight, moderately stout ; internodes below 

 medium to short. Bark olive-green, tinged with red, covered with a light 

 coat of grayish scarf-skin, quite pubescent near tips. Lenticels not clear in 

 color, inconspicuous, scattering, medium in size, roundish. Buds medium, flat, 

 obtuse, very pubescent, deeply set in bark. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit small to medium. Form roundish ovate to roundish conic, faintly 

 ribbed, rather symmetrical, sides often unequal ; pretty uniform in shape and 

 size. Stem long to medium, usually rather slender. Cavity acute to acumi- 

 nate, medium in depth to deep, narrow, usually symmetrical, sometimes lipped, 

 often smooth but sometimes overspread with russet. Calyx medium, usually 



