174 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium to rather small, rarely large. Form roundish conic to 

 roundish ovate, often somewhat truncate, regular ; pretty uniform in shape and 

 size. Stem medium to long, rather slender. Cavity acute to acuminate, deep 

 to very deep, wide, symmetrical, sometimes slightly furrowed. Calyx small, 

 closed. Basin deep to very deep, very abrupt, wide to moderately narrow. 



Skin thin, tough, smooth, pale bright yellow overlaid with lively red, striped 

 with carmine. When well colored the fruit is almost completely covered with 

 red which deepens to purplish on the sunny side and often shows a beautiful 

 contrasting bit of clear pale yellow about the cavity where a twig or leaf lay 

 in contact with the skin. Less highly colored fruit has more of a striped 

 appearance particularly toward the basin. Dots minute, usually inconspicu- 

 ous. Prevailing effect attractive lively deep red. 



Calyx tube rather small, funnel-shape or sometimes conical. Stamens basal 

 to median. 



Core medium or below, axile or nearly so; cells symmetrical but often not 

 uniformly developed, usually closed, sometimes open; core lines clasp the 

 funnel cylinder. Carpels rather concave, roundish to roundish cordate, emargi- 

 nate, smooth. Seeds rather large, long, acute to acuminate, dark, numerous. 



Flesh whitish or somewhat yellow, sometimes with tinge of red, firm, mod- 

 erately fine, crisp, tender, juicy, very aromatic, sprightly subacid, very good 

 to best. 



Season November to January or later. 



JONATHAN BULER. 



REFERENCES, i. Beach, N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 14:253. 1895. a. ///. Sta. Bui, 

 45:309, 328. 1896. 3. Powell and Fulton, U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 48:38. 1903. 

 4. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui., 248:127. 1904. 



SYNONYMS. BULER (3). Buler(4~). JONATHAN OF BULER (2). Jonathan 

 of Buler (3). 



Fruit of good size and decidedly attractive being predominantly of 

 a bright red color. It is hardly good enough in quality to take first 

 rank as a commercial variety and it is excelled by others for dessert 

 and culinary purposes. It probably is not worthy of planting for 

 trial in New York. Tree comes into bearing rather young and is 

 an annual bearer. Sometimes it yields heavy crops but usually it is 

 a moderate cropper. There is considerable amount of fruit lost by 

 dropping. 



Historical. Origin uncertain. Tested at the Illinois Experiment Station 

 and reported in 1896 as worthy of further trial. We have no knowledge of 

 its being grown anywhere in New York except at this Station. 



TREE. 



Tree moderately vigorous; branches long, moderately stout. Form upright 

 spreading or roundish, dense. Twigs medium to short, straight, rather stout 

 with large terminal buds ; internodes medium. Bark brown tinged with red, 



