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Flesh yellowish or greenish, very firm, coarse, crisp, moderately tender, 

 juicy, sprightly, slightly aromatic, fair to good. 

 Season January to May. 



WILLSBORO. 



REFERENCES, i. Downing, 1869:409. 2. Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. Bui., 56:336. 

 IQ05- 



Downing describes this fruit as medium, yellow mostly overspread, mottled 

 and marbled with dull red ; flesh sprightly subacid ; season December to Feb- 

 ruary. Supposed to have originated at Willsboro, Essex county, N. Y. (i). 



WINDSOR. 



REFERENCES, i. Van Deman, U. S. Pom. Rpt., 1889:442. col. pi. 2. Am. 

 Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1891:123. 3. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:252. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. 

 Cat., 1897:15. 5. Thomas, 1897:285. fig. 6. Hansen, S. D. Sta. Bui., 76:115. 

 1902. fig. 7. Can. Hort., 25:49. 1902. 8. Budd-Hansen, 1903:205. fig. g. 

 Erwin, Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1903:252. 10. Macoun, Can. Dept. Agr. Rpt., 



1903:95 



SYNONYM. WINDSOR CHIEF (3, 6, 9, 10). Windsor Chief (5, 8). 



On account of its superior hardiness, Windsor is regarded as a 

 promising 1 variety for rigorous climates. The fruit is of good size, 

 attractive red color although rather dark, pleasant subacid flavor and 

 good quality. The tree is very hardy, comes into bearing rather 

 early and is a reliable cropper, yielding moderate to good crops 

 nearly annually. The fruit hangs well to the tree. It is in season 

 from December to April. It has not yet been grown to any con- 

 siderable extent in New York, but it probably would never find more 

 than a very limited demand in our markets because its flavor is 

 rather too mild for a good culinary apple and it does not excel 

 standard varieties of its season for dessert purposes. 



TREE. 



Tree moderately vigorous. Form upright spreading or roundish, dense, 

 with laterals inclined to droop. Twigs below medium to medium length, 

 slender, irregularly curved ; internodes medium to long. Bark clear reddish- 

 brown lightly mottled with scarf-skin ; slightly pubescent near tips. Lenticels 

 inconspicuous, rather numerous, small to medium, round or somewhat elon- 

 gated, not raised. Buds medium to small, projecting, plump, acute to acumi- 

 nate, free, slightly pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit above medium to below medium. Form roundish conic varying to 

 oblate, rather broad, flat at the base, often one-sided and faintly ribbed. 

 Stem medium to long, rather slender. Cavity rather large, obtuse to some- 

 what acute, wide, rather deep or sometimes varying to moderately shallow, 



