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medium in length, broad, obtuse. Basin moderately deep to shallow, moder- 

 ately narrow to rather wide, abrupt, slightly furrowed. 



Skin thick, rather tender, golden russet or with red russet cheek. Patches 

 of smooth skin breaking through the russet vary from yellow to bright deep 

 red. Dots numerous,, gray or russet. 



Calyx tube often long, funnel-shape. Stamens basal. 



Core small, axile ; cells symmetrical, closed; core lines clasping the funnel 

 cylinder. Carpels roundish to elliptical, slightly emarginate. Seeds dark, 

 medium in size, plump, usually obtuse. 



Flesh whitish tinged with yellow, rather fine, tender, juicy, subacid, sprightly 

 becoming mild, not sweet as some have stated, very good to best. 



Season January to April or later. 



HUNTSMAN. 



REFERENCES, i. Downing, 1872:14 app. fig. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1875: 

 10. 3. Thomas, 1885:513. 4. U. S. Pom. Rpt., 1887:631. fig. 5. Mo. Sta. 

 Bui, 6:7. 1889. 6. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:241. 7. Stinson, Mo. Fr. Sta. 

 Bui, 3:26. 1902. 8. Kan. Sta. Bui, 106:53. 1902. 9. Budd-Hansen, 1903:103. 

 fig. 10. Powell and Fulton, U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 48:44. 1903. u. Beach and 

 Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui., 248:126. 1904. 



-SYNONYM. HUNTSMAN'S FAVORITE (i, 2, 3, 5, 6). Huntsman's Favorite 

 (7, 8, TO). 



The Huntsman apple, or as it is more generally known by the 

 growers, the Huntsman Favorite, is a western variety, it having been 

 grown in Missouri and Eastern Kansas for about fifty years. In 

 that section it is quite highly prized on account of its high quality 

 and the good bearing habits of the tree. It is not looked upon with 

 special favor by the commercial growers of the West because of its 

 susceptibility there to bitter rot, sunburn and apple scab. The tree 

 is not an early bearer but after it does begin to fruit is a regular 

 bearer and quite prolific. The fruit is pretty uniformly large or 

 very large, somewhat irregular in form, deep yellow usually some- 

 what blushed and very attractive. In sections where it is known it 

 is in special demand among apple buyers for the fancy trade. 



Historical. This variety originated on the farm of John Huntsman, Fay- 

 ette, Mo. (i), and up to within very recent years its cultivation seems to have 

 been confined to the Middle West. So far as we can learn it has not been 

 tested to any considerable extent in the East. It is practically unknown in 

 New York. 



TREE. 



Tree vigorous ; branches long, slender. Form upright varying to roundish 

 or spreading, rather open. Twigs above medium, long, straight, slender; in- 

 ternodes very short. Bark dark reddish-brown, heavily mottled with scarf- 



