128 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



slightly open ; lobes rather long and reflexed. Basin shallow to very shallow, 

 narrow, abrupt, narrowly furrowed. 



Skin thin, tough, smooth, mottled and washed with red over a rather pale 

 yellow ground, shading to deep dark red in the sun, marked with many 

 narrow and broken stripes of dull purplish-carmine, sprinkled with rather 

 conspicuous pale yellowish or russet dots and overspread with whitish bloom. 



Calyx tube long, rather wide, funnel- form or conical, often extending to 

 the core. Stamens median to nearly basal. 



Core abaxile, large ; cells usually symmetrical and wide open ; .core lines 

 somewhat clasping. Carpels rather concave, round to broadly elliptical. 

 Seeds numerous, medium to rather large, acute to obtuse, plump. 



Flesh yellowish sometimes tinged with red near the skin, firm, rather crisp, 

 fine-grained, tender, juicy, sprightly subacid becoming mild, pleasant in flavor, 

 good. 



FARRIS. 



REFERENCES, i. Churchill, N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 8:355. 1889. 2. Beach, 

 N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 14:259. 1895. 3- Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui., 248: 

 1 20. 1904. 



Fruit resembles Rambo somewhat. As grown at this Station its quality is 

 good but not as high as it is rated in Kentucky where it was first introduced 

 into cultivation. The tree does not come into bearing very young. It is 

 usually moderately productive and sometimes very productive, but it is too 

 unattractive in color and too small to be desirable for commercial purposes. 



Historical. Farris was introduced by a Mr. Reeves of Allen county, Ken- 

 tucky, and afterwards brought more prominently into notice by W. M. 

 Samuels, Clinton, Ky. It was granted first premium as the best fall apple 

 at a fruit exhibition in St. Louis in 1876. 



TREE. 



Tree moderately vigorous, rather small, with short stout branches. Form 

 spreading, flat, open. Ttvigs medium in length to rather short, straight, mod- 

 erately stout ; internodes short. Bark clear, reddish-brown, with some olive- 

 green and streaked with gray scarf-skin ; slightly pubescent. Lenticels clear 

 in color, scattering, small, or very small, generally round, not raised. Buds 

 deeply set in bark, medium in size, flat, obtuse or acute, appressed, slightly 

 pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium or below. Form roundish oblate to roundish conic, faintly 

 ribbed. Stem rather stout. Cavity acute, sometimes nearly obtuse, shallow to 

 moderately deep, narrow, sometimes lipped, sometimes slightly russeted. Calyx 

 often flat, small to above medium, closed or partly open. Basin shallow to 

 moderately deep, narrow to moderately wide, often somewhat furrowed and 

 wrinkled. 



Skin smooth, waxy, somewhat glossy, yellow, largely overspread with rather 

 dull, deep red, in highly colored specimens becoming purplish, sometimes 

 obscurely striped with purplish-carmine Dots yellowish, sometimes with 

 russet point, numerous, small to large, often conspicuous. 



