192 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



Core medium to small, abaxile; cells pretty symmetrical, open or closed; 

 core lines clasping. Carpels much concave, roundish ovate, mucronate, tufted. 

 Seeds short, broad, plump, obtuse. 



Flesh nearly white, slightly tinged with yellow, firm, somewhat coarse, not 

 very juicy, sweet, good. 



LEHIGH GREENING. 



REFERENCES, i. Van Deman, U. S. Pom. Rpt., 1891:390. 2. Butz, Penn. 

 Sta. An. Rpt., 1892:107. fig. 3. Van Deman, Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1895:72. 

 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1899:18. 5. Johnson, Rural N. Y., 62:19, 37- 1903. 

 figs. 6. Budd-Hansen, 1903:115. 



An attractive apple of the French Pippin type, of good size and 

 an excellent keeper. It was mentioned on page 134 as possibly 

 identical with French Pippin. Further comparison leads us to 

 believe that it is distinct. It is desirable rather for market and 

 culinary uses than for dessert. 



Historical. It has been grown in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, for about 

 sixty years (5). 



TREE. 



Tree moderately vigorous ; branches rather stout and crooked. Form wide- 

 spreading, open. Twigs medium to long, irregularly curved, stout to rather 

 slender; internodes short to above medium. Bark clear dark reddish-brown 

 mingled with olive-green, slightly mottled with scarf-skin, slightly pubescent. 

 Lenticels scattering, rather conspicuous, medium in size, round or slightly 

 elongated, raised but slightly if at all. Buds set deeply in the bark, above 

 medium to rather small, broad, flat, obtuse, appressed, quite pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium to large, pretty uniform in size and shape. Form roundish 

 oblate to roundish conic, ribbed but faintly if at all ; sides sometimes unequal. 

 Stem medium to long, moderately slender. Cavity acute to acuminate, medium 

 in depth to deep, narrow to moderately wide, sometimes lipped, more or less 

 russeted and often with outspreading russet rays. Calyx medium in size, 

 somewhat open ; lobes medium to long, rather narrow, acuminate, often some- 

 what separated at the base. Basin usually rather large, abrupt, moderately 

 deep to rather shallow, moderately wide, gently furrowed. 



Skin dark green in the fall but eventually becoming waxen yellow, occasion- 

 ally with a thin blush of bright red. Dots numerous, submerged or pale 

 areolar with russet point. 



Calyx tube rather long and wide, broadly funnel-shape. Stamens median 

 to basal. 



Core medium to small, usually abaxile; cells symmetrical, wide open; core 

 lines slightly clasping. Carpels pointed ovate to broadly cordate, tufted. 

 Seeds numerous, medium in size, rather dark brown, somewhat elongated, 

 plump, acute to acuminate. 



Flesh yellowish-white, firm, moderately fine or a little coarse, rather crisp, 

 tender, juicy, sprightly, mild subacid, aromatic, good or sometimes very good. 



Season January to May. 



