226 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



TREE. 



Tree medium to large, vigorous or moderately vigorous with long, moder- 

 ately stout, curved branches. Form spreading or roundish, rather dense. 

 Twigs moderately long to short, straight, rather erect, geniculate, slender to 

 moderately stout ; internodes medium to long. Bark dull brown, rather heavily 

 streaked with scarf-skin, pubescent in spots. Lenticels rather inconspicuous, 

 quite numerous, small to medium, oblong or roundish, slightly raised. Buds 

 medium to small, wide, plump, obtuse, free, with little pubescence or none. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit about medium size. Form roundish approaching cylindrical or some- 

 what oblate ; pretty regular and uniform in shape and size. Stem very short 

 to rather long, rather slender, pubescent. Cavity acute, deep, broad, indis- 

 tinctly furrowed, sometimes russeted. Calyx small, closed, sometimes partly 

 open; lobes broad, obtuse. Basin small to medium, wide to rather narrow, 

 shallow and obtuse to rather deep and abrupt, slightly furrowed. 



Skin smooth, tough, eventually becoming deep yellow blushed and mottled 

 with dull red striped with carmine, streaked with grayish scarf-skin and often 

 overspread with a light bloom giving it a peculiarly bluish cast. Dots char- 

 acteristic, conspicuous, very numerous, yellowish or peculiarly gray ; often 

 with russet center, small, very numerous and crowded about the basin but less 

 numerous, larger and irregular toward the cavity. 



Calyx tube cone-shape or approaching funnel-form with short, truncate 

 cylinder. Stamens median. 



Core above medium to rather small, more or less abaxile ; cells usually 

 pretty symmetrical and partly open, sometimes closed; core lines meeting 

 or somewhat clasping. Carpels smooth or nearly so, approaching elliptical, 

 often nearly truncate at the base and narrowing somewhat toward the apex. 

 Seeds numerous, below medium to rather large, rather narrow, plump, acute. 



Flesh yellowish, firm, fine-grained, crisp, tender, juicy, mild subacid mingled 

 with sweet, rich, aromatic, very good to best in flavor and quality. 



Season in Southeastern New York late fall or early winter; in Western 

 New York it is easily kept till February or March in ordinary storage and 

 often some portion of the fruit remains in fairly good condition till the close 

 of April (31), 



NEW WATER 



REFERENCES, i. Powell and Fulton, U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 48:50. 1903. 2. 

 Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui., 248:134. 1904. 3. Ragan, U. S. B. P. /, 

 Bui., 56:211. 1905. 



A large winter apple, striped red, moderately attractive, of mild flavor and 

 good quality. It is more suitable for dessert than for any other use. As 

 grown in this locality it comes into bearing moderately young and is a reliable 

 cropper yielding full crops biennially with occasional lighter crops in alternate 

 years. It does not appear to be superior to standard varieties of its season 

 either for home use or for market and for this reason it is not recommended 

 for planting in New York. 



Historical. Received from Josiah G. Youngken, Richlandtown, Pennsyl- 

 vania, in 1893 for testing at this Station. 



