THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 23 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium to large, fairly uniform in shape and size. Form roundish 

 conical, ribbed ; sides unequal. Sfcm usually long and slender. Cavity acute 

 to acuminate, rather narrow to moderately wide, moderately deep, some- 

 times russeted. Calyx large, closed or open. Basin medium in width and 

 depth to wide and deep, a little abrupt, wrinkled. 



Skin light green or yellowish, sometimes blushed. 



Calyx tube broad, cone-shaped. Stamens median. 



Core very large, abaxile ; cells wide open ; core lines clasping. Seeds 

 medium in size, acute. 



Flesh whitish, firm, rather coarse, crisp, tender, juicy, subacid, fair to good. 



Season early summer. 



BONUM. 



REFERENCES, i. Robey, Horticulturist, 11:89. 1856. 2. Downing, 1857: 

 122. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1860:240. 4. Warder, 1867:424. fig. 5. Leroy, 

 1873:147. fig. 6. Thomas, 1875:190. 7. Barry, 1883:343. 8. Bailey, An. 

 Hort., 1892:235. 9. Dempsey, Out. Fr. Stas. An. Rpt., 2:32. 1895. 10. Bur- 

 rill and McCluer, ///. Sta. Bui, 45:315. 1896. u. Alwood, Va. Sta. Bui, 

 130:123. 1901. 12. Powell and Fulton, U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 48:38. 1903. 

 13. Budd-Hansen, 1903 :54. fig. 



SYNONYMS. BONUM (i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, n, 12, 13). Magnum 

 Bonum (2, 4, 5, 7). 



This is a southern variety of very good quality when grown under favor- 

 able conditions. It is in season during late fall and early winter. Probably 

 it is not well adapted to regions as far north as New York, for although it 

 has long been cultivated it is practically unknown among New York fruit 

 growers. 



Historical. Origin Davidson county, N. C. It was entered on the catalogue 

 of the American Pomological Society in 1860, dropped from the list in 

 1862 and reentered in 1869. According to Bailey's Inventory of North 

 American Apples (8) it is now propagated but little by nurserymen. 



TREE. 



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

 Twigs moderately long, curved, moderately stout ; internodes medium. Bark 

 dull brown, lightly mottled with scarf-skin; slightly pubescent. Lenticels 

 quite numerous, small, round, not raised. Buds medium in size, flat, acute, 

 free, not pubescent. 



FRUIT (2, 4, 6, 7, 13). 



Fruit medium to large. Form oblate, regular. Stem long, slender to 

 moderately thick, green. Cavity medium to large, deep, regular, often with 

 a little green russet. Calyx large, closed. Basin medium in width, shallow, 

 wrinkled. 



Skin smooth, yellow, mostly covered with crimson and dark red, striped. 

 Dots distinct, large, light with some having a dark center. 



Calyx tube funnel-form. Stamens marginal. 



