258 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



Wyoming county, New York, to the West under the name of Golden Russet, 

 but as it was entirely distinct from the true Golden Russet it soon became 

 known as Perry Russet." 



TREE. 



Tree medium to large or eventually very large. Form symmetrical, roundish 

 or spreading, l^wigs medium to short, straight, slender ; internodes medium. 

 Bark reddish-brown, lightly streaked with scarf-skin, pubescent. Lenticels 

 scattering, very small, oval. Buds small, plump, obtuse, free, pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit above medium to nearly large, pretty uniform in size and shape. 

 Form roundish oblate to oblate conic, slightly ribbed. Stem often swollen at 

 base, short, thick or moderately so. Cavity very obtuse to acute, shallow to 

 medium in depth, broad, often thinly russeted and with outspreading russet 

 rays, a little wavy and often rather strongly lipped. Calyx medium in size, 

 somewhat open ; lobes often separated at the base, narrow, acute to acuminate. 

 Basin medium in depth to deep, medium to rather wide, abrupt, somewhat 

 furrowed, not symmetrical, irregular. 



Skin thick, tough, nearly smooth or roughened more or less with russet, 

 rather pale yellow with rather dull blush of bronze or brownish-red and some- 

 times with obscure dark reddish splashes. Dots very numerous, usually small, 

 sometimes rather large, prominent, russet, irregular and mingled with russet 

 flecks or netted russet. Prevailing color yellowish. 



Calyx tube rather wide, short, conical. Stamens median. 



Core medium size, axile ; cells closed ; core lines meeting or slightly clasping. 

 Carpels broadly ovate, tufted. Seeds medium, narrow, rather long, acute to 

 acuminate. 



Flesh whitish a little tinged with yellow, medium to rather fine-grained, 

 moderately tender or somewhat tough, juicy, with an agreeable subacid russet 

 flavor, sprightly, aromatic, good. 



PEWAUKEE. 



REFERENCES, i. Willey, Horticulturist, 1870. (cited by 2 and 20). 2. Am. 

 Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1871:51. 3. Downing, 1872:26 app. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 

 1875:12. 5. Barry, 1883:351. 6. Thomas, 1885:520. 7. Can. Hort., 14:139. 

 1891. 8. /&., 14:260. 1891. 9. Bailey, An. Hart., 1892:246. 10. Can. Hort., 

 17:69. 1894. ii- Ib.j 17:251. 1894. I2 ' Ib., 18:379. 1895. 13. Munson, Me. 

 Sta. An. Rpt., 1896:71. 14. Waugh, Vt. Sta. Bui., 61:31. 1897. 15. Dickens 

 and Greene, Kan. Sta. Bui., 106:54. 1902. 16. Hansen, 5. D. Sta. Bui., 76:85. 

 1902. 17. Budd-Hansen, 1903:150. fig. 18. Powell and Fulton, U. S. B. P. I. 

 Bui, 48:52. 1903. 19. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui., 248:137. 1904. 20. 

 Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 56:231. 1905. 



SYNONYM. PEEWAUKEE (7, 10). 



Fruit above medium to large ; often it is poorly colored, being 

 greenish striped with dull red. When well colored it is of fairly 

 good yellow color largely washed and mottled with red and splashed 

 with dark carmine. It is overspread with a heavy bluish bloom 



