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Core rather small, axile or nearly so; cells symmetrical, usually closed; 

 core lines somewhat clasping. Carpels roundish, smooth or nearly so. Seeds 

 compactly filling the cells, medium or above, rather wide, somewhat obtuse, 

 tufted ; often some are abortive. 



Flesh whitish slightly tinged with yellow, very firm, a little coarse, crisp, 

 not tender, moderately juicy, mild subacid, pleasant, sprightly, good. 



Season December to May. 



WAGENER. 



REFERENCES, i. N. Y. Agr. Soc. Trans., 1847:315. fig. 2. Ib., 1848:275, 

 285. figl and col. pi. frontispiece. 3. Horticulturist, 3:95. 1848. 4. Thomas, 

 1849:173. fig. 5. Mag. Hort., 16:158. 1850. 6. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 

 3:73. 1851. col. pi. No. 41. 7. Elliott, 1854:114. fig. 8. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 

 1856. 9. Downing, 1857:110. fig. 10. Hooper, 1857:95. n. Horticulturist, 

 17:150. 1862. 12. Hovey, Mag. Hort., 29:261. 1863. fig. 13. Warder, 1867: 

 490. fig. 14. Waring, Mich. Pom. Soc. Rfit., 1871 :4O. 15. Wagener, Ib., 1872 : 

 454. fig. 16. Fitz, 1872:175. 17. Barry, 1883:356. 18. Rural N. Y., 47:749. 

 1888. 19. Wickson, 1889:248. 20. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:298. 

 21. Can. Hort., 14:91, 131. 1891. 22. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:252. 23. Can. 

 Hort., 16:406. 1893. 24. Rural N. Y., 56:317, 359. 1897. 25. Waugh, Vt. Sta. 

 Bui, 61:32. 1897. 26. Ib., Rpt., 14:311. 1901. 27. Alwood, Va. Sta. Bui., 

 130:125. 1901. 28. Budd-Hansen, 1903:195. fig. 29. Powell and Fulton, U. S. 

 B. P. I. Bui, 48:59. 1903. 30. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui, 248:148. 

 1904. 



Wagener, at its best, is an apple of superior excellence. The color 

 is a beautiful bright red with some contrasting pale yellow ; it has 

 fine texture, high flavor and excellent quality. It is very desirable 

 for culinary uses but is especially esteemed for dessert. It is in 

 season about with Tompkins King or from October to February, 

 yet often some portion of the fruit may be kept in ordinary storage 

 till late spring. Its commercial limit is December, or, in cold 

 storage, about February ist. It does not stand heat well before 

 going into storage and is quite apt to scald toward the close of the 

 season, particularly if not well colored. After scalding it goes down 

 quickly (29, 30). Often there is some loss from drops, especially 

 if the crop is not picked as soon as it is well colored, and 

 many times there is a rather high percentage of loss in fruit 

 that is unmarketable because it is undersized or misshapen. In 

 the nursery Wagener is a pretty good grower, upright and well- 

 formed ; in the orchard it is quite vigorous at first, but as it 

 advances in maturity it usually becomes a rather weak grower, with 

 branches full of fruit spurs. It comes into bearing at an early age 

 and so long as it remains healthy it is a reliable cropper, yielding 



