60 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit above medium to large. Form roundish oblate inclined to conic, 

 slightly ribbed at the base; sides unequal. Stem medium to short, moder- 

 ately thick. Cavity acuminate, deep, wide, rather symmetrical, with out- 

 spreading rays of russet. Calyx below medium to rather large, closed or 

 somewhat open; lobes long, narrow, acute, reflexed. Basin rather small, 

 shallow, narrow, somewhat furrowed and wrinkled. 



Skin thin, tough, smooth, pale greenish-yellow with faint brownish-red or 

 bronze blush. Dots moderately numerous, rather inconspicuous, sometimes 

 russet but more often whitish and submerged. Prevailing effect yellow. 



Calyx tube rather long, narrow funnel-shape. Stamens median to basal. 



Core small, axile to somewhat abaxile; cells symmetrical, closed; core 

 lines clasping. Carpels somewhat roundish to broadly ovate. Seeds light 

 brown, rather small, moderately narrow, plump, acute. 



Flesh tinged with yellow, moderately firm, fine, crisp, tender, juicy, 

 sprightly, subacid, good. 



Season late September to December. 



FALL ORANGE. 



REFERENCES, i. Thomas, Cultivator, 5:246. 1848. 2. Ib., 1849:155. 3. El- 

 liott, 1854:149. 4. Gregg, 1857:42. 5. Downing, 1857:143. 6. Am. Pom. 

 Soc. Cat., 1862. 7. Warder, 1867718. 8. Downing, 1869:168. 9. Ib., 1872:10 

 index, app. 10. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:239. n. Burrill and McCluer, ///. 

 Sta. Bui., 45:321. 1896. 12. Budd-Hansen, 1903:80. fig. 



SYNONYMS. FALL ORANGE (i, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, n, 12). Fall Orange 

 (3). Hogpen (8). H olden (5, 8). H olden Pippin (8). Hoypen (5). 

 Jones 1 Pippin (5, 8). Long Island (8). Long Island Graft (9). N. Y. 

 BeMower (9). ORANGE (3). Orange (8). Red Check (8). Speckled (9). 

 Westbrook (9). White Graft of Wis. (8). White Newell (9). 



When well grown Fall Orange is of good size, yellow or green- 

 ish, with occasionally a shade of red, agreeable subacid, and very 

 good in quality for culinary use. When it becomes fully ripe so 

 that its acidity is subdued it is an excellent dessert apple. The 

 tree is thrifty, hardy, long-lived and a regular biennial cropper, 

 often yielding pretty heavy crops. It is not generally regarded as 

 a good commercial variety because its color is yellow, the fruit is 

 rather tender and a poor shipper, and with heavy crops there is 

 apt to be a comparatively large percentage of fruit that is under- 

 sized or otherwise unmarketable. It is in season from late Sep- 

 tember to early winter ; sometimes a portion of the fruit is kept 

 till spring. 



