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pleasantly flavored and ranks very good to best in quality. The 

 color is good for a yt.Iow apple, being at first predominantly green, 

 but as the fruit approaches full maturity it becomes waxen-yellow 

 with an orange or pinkish blush. The fruit very often scalds in 

 storage, but it is less apt to do so if placed in cold storage immedi- 

 ately after picking. Its season for home use extends from October 

 to March. Ordinarily February is its commercial limit in Western 

 New York, but in cold storage it may be held till April (31). The 

 tree is somewhat subject to root-rot and canker and it is not consid- 

 ered as long-lived nor as healthy as either Baldwin or Rhode Island 

 Greening. It has the reputation of being often a shy bearer. In 

 some localities it may bear pretty regularly, but it is only occasion- 

 ally that it gives full crops. The better grades of the fruit are of 

 good size and attractive appearance, but there is apt to be a rather 

 high percentage of loss from ill-shapen, undersized or otherwise 

 unmarketable fruit. 



It is said to be known locally in some portions of the state under 

 the name Dutch Greening. 



Historical. In 1845 Downing expressed the opinion that Peck Pleasant 

 originated in Rhode Island and stated that it had long been cultivated in that 

 state and in Northern Connecticut (3). It has been pretty thoroughly dis- 

 seminated throughout New York state but it is found chiefly in the older 

 orchards and is now seldom or never planted. In 1890 Lyon (23) reported 

 concerning the status of this variety in Michigan that it was generally and 

 deservedly popular, the fruit being beautiful and excellent, and the tree in 

 habit like Rhode Island Greening but less vigorous. 



TREE. 



Tree medium in size, moderately vigorous or a rather slow grower. Form 

 upright spreading or roundish, rather dense. Twigs medium to short, nearly 

 straight, moderately stout; internodes medium to short. Bark brown tinged 

 with red often mingled with olive-green, lightly streaked with scarf-skin ; 

 slightly pubescent near tips. Lenticels quite numerous, small, oblong or round- 

 ish, not raised. Buds very deeply set in bark, medium to small, broad, plump, 

 obtuse to acute, appressed to nearly free, pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium to sometimes large, somewhat variable in shape and size. 

 Form oblate to roundish, sometimes a little inclined to conic, often obscurely 

 ribbed or irregularly elliptical, sometimes with furrow on one side. Stem 

 medium to short and usually thick or fleshy. Cavity variable, obtuse or some- 

 times acute, rather wide, shallow to deep, nearly symmetrical or a little fur- 

 rowed, often lipped or compressed, sometimes partly russeted. Calyx pubes- 



