14 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



Core above medium to large, abaxile ; cells open, sometimes unsymmetrical ; 

 cere lines meeting. Carpels very broadly ovate to roundish, tufted. Seeds 

 dark, medium to rather small, plump, acute, tufted. 



Flesh yellowish, firm, moderately fine, rather tender, rather juicy, very 

 sweet, pleasant, good to very good. 



Season October to December. 



BANKS. 



REFERENCES, i. Craig and Allen, Can. Hort., 16:420. 1893. fig. 2. Nova 

 Scotia Fr. Gr. Assn. Rpt., 1894:81, 129. 3. Sears, Can. Hort., 22:476. 1899. 

 4. Caston, Ont. Fr. Stas. An. Rpt., 9:55. 1902. 5. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 

 1903:166. 



SYNONYMS. BANKS (2, 3, 4, 5). BANKS GRAVENSTEIN (2). BANKS RED 

 GRAVENSTEIN (i). Banks Red Gravenstein (4). Red Gravenstein (3). 



In 1903 R. W. Starr, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, presented to the American 

 Pomological Society the following report concerning this variety (5). "A 

 bud sport from Gravenstein, much the same in season and flavor, but bright 

 red, less ribbed, more regular in shape, and generally a little smaller in 

 size. First noticed and propagated by C. E. Banks, of Berwick, Kings Co., 

 N. S. It is well liked and is being quite largely planted." It appears that 

 this sport first came into bearing about 1880 (i). In 1899 Sears (3) re- 

 marked, " The Banks or Red Gravenstein is gaining in popularity because it 

 combines with the superior quality of the ordinary Gravenstein the bright 

 red color which people demand who judge the apple by its appearance 

 alone." 



Except in the points of difference above noted Banks appears to be identi- 

 cal with Gravenstein and the reader is referred to the description of that 

 variety for a technical account of the tree and fruit. So far as we can 

 learn this variety is not yet planted to any considerable extent in New York. 



BEAUTIFUL ARCAD. 



REFERENCES, i. Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 9:104. 1883. 2. la. Hort. Soc. 

 Rpt., 1883:443. 3. la. Agr. Coll. Bui., 1885:17. 4. Gibb, Montreal Hort. 

 Soc. Rpt., 1886-87:15. 5. Ib., Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1887:48. 6. Budd, Rural 

 N. y., 47:692. 1888. 7. Taylor, Me. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1892:57. 8. Harris, 

 U. S. Pom. Rpt., 1892 :274. 9. Thomas, 1897 :248. fig. 10. Hansen, 5. D. 

 Sta. Bui, 76:28. 1902. ii. Budd-Hansen, 1903:44. 12. Ragan, U. S. B. 

 P. I. Bui., 56 :29, 39, 353- 1905. 



SYNONYMS. Arcad Krasivui (3). Arkad Krasivui (5, 12). ARKAD 

 KRASIWUI (i). Arkad Krasiwui (2, 5, 12). BEAUTIFUL ARCAD (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 

 7, 8, 9, n). BEAUTIFUL ARCADE (10, 11). Beautiful Arcade (i, 5, 12). 

 No. 453 (5, 6, 10, n, 12). 



This is a Russian apple of good medium size, yellow, partly shaded and 

 splashed with red, sweet, in season in August and September. It is con- 

 sidered a desirable variety in portions of the Upper Mississippi valley and 

 in other districts where superior hardiness is a prime requisite. 



