THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 3 



Core large, abaxile ; cells open or partly closed ; core lines clasping. Car- 

 pels elongated, ovate, pointed, mucronate. Seeds few, medium to large, 

 rather narrow, long, acute. 



Flesh moderately coarse, very tender, juicy, mild subacid, good. 



ALEXANDER. 



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 No. 10. 3. Kenrick, 1832:65. 4. Floy-Lindley, 1833:11. 5. Mag. Hort.,, 

 i'395- 1835. 6. Downing, 1845:79. fig. 7. Thomas, 1849:146. 8. Cole, 

 1849:118. 9. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 3:32. 1851. 10. Barry, 1851:282. 

 ii. Elliott, 1854:120. 12. Gregg, 1857:41. 13. Hooper, 1857:11. 14. Am. 

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 1873:333. fig. 18. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1879:538. 19. Downing, 1881:11 

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 1886-87:27. 22. Wickson, 1889:244. 23. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 

 1890 :288. 24. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892 :234. 25. Hoskins, Rural N. Y., 53 :278. 

 1894. 26. Gaudier, 1894: No. 14. col. pi. 27. Dempsey, Ont. Fr. Stas. An. 

 Rpt., 1:24. 1804. 28. Burrill and McCluer, ///. Sta. Bui, 45:312. 1896. 29. 

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SYNONYMS. Albertin (17, 26). ALEXANDER (i, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, n, 12, 

 13, 14, 15, 1 6, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 

 40). Alexander (34, 26). Alexander the First (31). Alexandre (17, 26). Aporta 

 (3, 4, 6, 9, 13, 17, 20, 26, 31). Aporta Nalivia (26). Aubertin (17, 26). 

 Beauty of Queen (17, 26). Belle d 'Orleans (17, 26). Comte Woronsoff 

 (17, 26). Corail (17, 26). English King (19, 26). Empereur Alexandre I 

 (17, 26). Empereur Alexandre de Russie (17, 26). Empereur de Russie 

 (17,26). EMPEROR ALEXANDER (3, 4, 20, 33). Emperor Alexander (2, 6, 9, 

 10, n, 13, 26, 32). Fin d'Automne (17, 26). Grand Alexander (26). GRAND- 

 ALEX ANDRE (17). Grand Alexandre (26). Gros- Alexandre (17, 26). Jolly 

 Gentleman (26). KAISER ALEXANDER (26). Korallen Apfel (26). Phoenix 

 (26). Phdnix (17, 26). Pomona Britannica (17, 26). President Napoleon 

 (17, 26). Russian Emperor (2, 6, 9, 13, 20, 26). Stoke Tulip (26). Wolf 

 River incorrectly (39). Wundcrapfel (26). 



Alexander is a typical representative of the class of Russian 

 apples commonly known as the Aport group. Fruit very large, 

 attractive red or striped, coarse in texture, medium to good in 

 quality, suitable for culinary rather than for dessert use. The 

 fruit is apt to crack and decay about the stem and calyx and often 

 becomes discolored where it is chafed by constantly rubbing 



