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fruit may be kept in ordinary storage till November, but after that 

 the color fades and it deteriorates much in quality, even though 

 it may remain apparently sound (22). The fruit does not ship 

 well because its flesh is too tender. Some find it a profitable vari- 

 ety to grow for local or special markets, but other varieties of its 

 season are more desirable than Chenango for general commercial 

 planting. It is recommended as an excellent variety for the home 

 orchard. 



Historical. Chenango, according to some accounts, originated in Lebanon, 

 Madison county, N. Y. ; others say that it was early brought into Chenango 

 county by settlers from Connecticut. It has certainly been known in cultiva- 

 tion for more than fifty years (3). It is still propagated by nurserymen but 

 the demand for the stock is quite limited. 



TREE. 



Tree medium size, vigorous with short, stout, curved branches. Form up- 

 right spreading to roundish, rather dense. Twigs long to medium, curved, 

 moderately slender; internodes medium. Bark olive-green tinged with dull 

 brown, lightly streaked with scarf-skin ; pubescent. Lenticels scattering, 

 small, round, not raised. Buds deeply set in bark, small, flat, obtuse, ap- 

 pressed, slightly pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit above medium to large, but under unfavorable conditions it may be 

 small and poorly colored. Form elongated ovate or oblong conic, slightly 

 ribbed. Stem short to medium, moderately thick. Cavity acute to acuminate, 

 deep, narrow, often somewhat furrowed and compressed, usually not russeted. 

 Calyx medium to large, partly open or closed; lobes often separated at the 

 base, long, broad, obtuse. Basin usually small, medium to rather shallow, 

 narrow to moderately wide, obtuse to somewhat abrupt, furrowed, sometimes 

 wrinkled. 



Skin rather tough, smooth, glossy, yellowish-white, often almost entirely 

 overspread and mottled with attractive pinkish-red, conspicuously striped and 

 splashed with bright carmine. Dots few, small, inconspicuous, light colored, 

 often submerged. 



Calyx tube long, funnel-shape or nearly so. Stamens median. 



Core rather large, abaxile ; cells often unsymmetrical, wide open or closed ; 

 core lines clasping. Carpels broadly ovate to oval, smooth. Seeds small, 

 moderately wide, plump, obtuse, not tufted. 



Flesh white, moderately firm, tender, juicy, mild subacid, very aromatic, 

 good to very good. 



Season latter part of August and through September. 



CLAPPER FLAT. 



REFERENCE, i. Downing, 1869:127. 

 SYNONYMS. CLAPPER FLAT (i). Flat (i). 



