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somewhat open; lobes long, acuminate, reflexed. Basin small to medium, 

 shallow, medium in width to narrow, often abrupt, furrowed and wrinkled. 



Skin smooth, clear yellow often with a shade of brownish-red, sometimes 

 blushed with bright red. Dots numerous, light or russet. 



Calyx tube rather narrow, funnel-form. Stamens median to basal. 



Core large, usually abaxile ; cells usually wide open as in Yellow Bellflower ; 

 core lines clasp the funnel cylinder. Carpels large, broadly roundish, tufted, 

 slightly emarginate. Seeds long, acute, tufted. 



Flesh whitish or slightly tinged w-ith yellow, firm, fine-grained, rather tender, 

 crisp, juicy, sprightly, rich subacid, very good. 



Season January to May; usual commercial limit in cellar storage, March or 

 April (4)- 



OEL AUSTIN, 



REFERENCES, i. Heiges, U. S. Pom. Rpt., 1894:21. 2. N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 

 15:688. 1896. 



SYNONYMS. OEL (i). Austin. 



An attractive apple of the Blue Pearmain group, of fairly good 

 quality. It varies in size from small to above medium. It is in 

 season from November to March or April. It is said to be very 

 hardy in St. Lawrence county and a good thrifty grower, and it 

 may prove desirable for the home orchard in those sections of the 

 state where superior hardiness is a prime requisite. 



Historical. Received here from A. F. Clark, Raymondville, St. Lawrence 

 county, in 1896. The original tree, 16 to 18 inches in diameter, was then 

 standing neglected in an old pasture. Mr. Clark began to propagate the 

 variety about 1891. He believes that it is a seedling of Stone, 1 a variety 

 which is highly esteemed locally in St. Lawrence county. It is known locally 

 as Austin. 



TREE. 



Tree rather vigorous. Form upright, somewhat spreading, rather dense. 

 Tzvigs medium to long, rather slender to moderately stout, nearly straight, 

 somewhat pubescent; internodes short. Bark clear olive-green tinged with 

 reddish-brown and mottled wdth gray scarf-skin. Lenticels rather numerous, 

 small, scattering, round, raised but slightly if at all. Buds small, obtuse, ap- 

 pressed, pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit small to above medium. Form broadly ovate to roundish conic, 

 faintly ribbed, nearly regular, symmetrical, uniform. Stem pubescent, medium 

 to long, moderately slender. Cavity small, acuminate, moderately shallow, 

 narrow, sometimes russeted, symmetrical. Calyx medium to small, open to 

 nearly closed; lobes short, narrow, pubescent, converging and somewhat re- 



1 Stone was erroneously identified by a leading pomologist for Mr. Clark as Bethel, and 

 for this reason in the account given by Heiges (i) it is erroneously stated that Oel 

 Austin is a seedling of Bethel. Both Stone and Bethel belong in the Blue Pearmain 

 group, but they are quite distinct varieties. For a comparison of the two the reader is 

 refcired to Stone. 



