360 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



Historical. Originated from seed by Robert Boatman, Dillon, Walker 

 county, Ga., on the Lookout Mountain Range and first described as Boatman's 

 Seedling (i). It was afterwards called Wallace Howard by the Atlanta 

 Pomological Society, in honor of Reverend Wallace Howard of Georgia 

 (2, 6). 



TREE. 



Tree vigorous to moderately vigorous. Form upright spreading to roundish, 

 rather dense. Twigs short, generally straight, stout or moderately stout, with 

 large terminal buds ; internodes short or below medium. Bark brown or 

 reddish-brown with some olive-green, lightly mottled with scarf-skin, pubes- 

 cent. Lenticels rather conspicuous, numerous, medium size, roundish or oval, 

 slightly raised. Buds prominent, medium to large, broad, plump, acute, free 

 or nearly so, slightly pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



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

 roundish or roundish oblong, often somewhat flattened at the base and in- 

 clined to conic; axis sometimes oblique; sides often unequal. Stem short to 

 medium, rather slender. Cavity acuminate or somewhat acute, deep, some- 

 times compressed and rather narrow but more often wide, often gently fur- 

 rowed, sometimes lipped, usually russeted. Calyx small to medium, closed or 

 partly open; lobes often long, narrow, acuminate. Basin rather small, often 

 oblique, sometimes with decided protuberance above one side, narrow, varying 

 from very shallow to moderately shallow and abrupt, often distinctly furrowed, 

 wrinkled. 



Skin smooth or roughened with russet dots and flecks, yellow nearly over- 

 spread with orange-red mottled and distinctly striped with bright carmine. 

 Dots numerous, conspicuous, gray or russet, rather large. Prevailing effect 

 striped red. 



Calyx tube rather small, rather narrow, short, cone-shape varying to trun- 

 cate funnel-form with fleshy pistil point projecting into the base. Stamens 

 marginal. 



Core rather small to above medium, axile or somewhat abaxile with a hollow 

 cylinder in the axis ; cells symmetrical, closed ; core lines clasping the funnel 

 cylinder. Carpels rather flat, roundish ovate, but slightly emarginate if at all, 

 somewhat tufted. Seeds numerous, small to medium, moderately wide, rather 

 short, plump, obtuse, sometimes tufted. 



Flesh tinged with yellow, firm, a little coarse, crisp, moderately tender, 

 rather juicy, mild subacid becoming nearly sweet, somewhat aromatic, good. 



Season November to March (8). 



WANDERING SPY. 



REFERENCES, i. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:252. 2. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1902: 

 204. 



This variety originated in the Ozarks with Wyatt Coffelt, Mason Valley, 

 Benton county, Ark. It has not yet been fruited to any considerable extent 

 outside the locality of its origin. As grown in that region the fruit appears 

 to be pretty uniform in size, above the average of Jonathan, fairly free from 

 disease and of satisfactory color and is in season from December to March. 



