356 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



TREE. 



Tree dwarfish to medium size, at first moderately vigorous but soon becom- 

 ing a slow grower ; branches short, stout and filled with spurs. Form roundish 

 to spreading, open. Twigs short to medium, often somewhat curved, moder- 

 ately stout, usually quite blunt ; internodes medium to short. Bark clear dark 

 reddish-brown mingled with olive-green, lightly streaked with scarf-skin ; 

 pubescent near tips. Lenticels scattering, medium or below, elongated or 

 sometimes roundish, not raised. Buds medium to rather large, sometimes 

 projecting, plump, acute, free, pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium to rather large. Form oblate to roundish oblate, broadly 

 ribbed or irregularly elliptical ; sides often unequal. Stem short to moderately 

 long, moderately thick to rather slender. Cavity variable, acute, moderately 

 deep to deep, broad or sometimes compressed and rather narrow, often angular 

 or furrowed, sometimes thinly russeted. Calyx small to medium, closed or 

 partly open ; lobes small, usually short, acute to acuminate, connivent, reflexed. 

 Basin medium in width and depth, abrupt, somewhat furrowed. 



Skin thin, tough, smooth, glossy, bright pinkish-red striped with bright 

 carmine and mottled and streaked with thin whitish scarf-skin over a clear, 

 pale yellow background. Dots numerous, whitish or russet, sometimes mingled 

 with light russet flecks. Prevailing color bright light red. 



Calyx tube long, rather narrow, funnel-form, often elongated and extending 

 to the core. Stamens median to marginal. 



Core below medium to moderately large, somewhat abaxile with hollow 

 cylinder in the axis, varying to nearly axile ; cells symmetrical, closed or open ; 

 core lines clasping the funnel cylinder. Carpels broadly roundish or approach- 

 ing elliptical, but little emarginate if at all, smooth or nearly so, mucronate. 

 Seeds moderately numerous, rather small to above medium, short to moder- 

 ately long, moderately wide, obtuse, rather light brown ; often some are 

 abortive. 



Flesh whitish slightly tinged with yellow, moderately firm, rather fine- 

 grained, crisp, tender, juicy to very juicy, subacid, aromatic, sprightly, very 

 good to best. 



Season October or November, to February or later. 



WALBRIDGE. 



REFERENCES, i. Rural N. Y., 1870:204, 205. fig. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 

 1873. 3- Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1875:36, 68, 124; Cat.: 8. 4. Downing, 1876:50 

 app. fig. 5. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1877:213. 6. Burrill, Ib., 1878:226. 7. la. 

 Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1882:343. 8. Gibb, Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1883:124. 9. 

 Thomas, 1885:527. 10. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:252. n. Ib., 1892:238. 12. 

 Craig, Can. Dept. Agr. Rpt., 1894:136. 13. Can. Hort., 17:69, 70. 1894. 14. 

 Beach, N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 13:592. 1894. *5- Maynard, Putnam and Fletcher, 

 Mass. Sta. Bui, 44:4. 1897. 16. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1897:15. 17. Waugh, 

 Vt. Sta. An. Rpt., 14:311. 1901. 18. Craig, Can. Hort., 24:76. 1901. fig. 

 19. Munson, Me. Sta. Rpt., 1902:96. 20. Dickens and Greene, Kan. Sta. 

 Bui., 106:56. 1902. 21. Hansen, 6". D. Sta. Bui., 76:112. 1902. fig. 22. Budd- 



