84 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



TREE. 



Tree large, rather vigorous with long, stout branches. Form spreading, 

 rather flat, open. Twigs medium length, curved, moderately stout ; inter- 

 nodes short. Bark dark brown or reddish-brown, lightly streaked with 

 scarf-skin ; pubescent. Lenticels quite numerous, medium size, roundish, 

 raised. Buds medium to large, broad, plump, obtuse, free, pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium to rather large. Form ovate to roundish conic, quite flat 

 at base, a little angular; sides unequal; fairly uniform. Stem short or very 

 short, rather thick. Cavity acute to acuminate, narrow, moderately deep to 

 shallow or scarcely depressed, much russeted and often with outspreading 

 russet. Calyx large to medium, closed or somewhat open ; lobes medium in 

 length, broad, acute. Basin deep to medium in depth, medium in width to 

 rather wide, abiupt, usually furrowed and wrinkled. 



Skin smooth, light greenish-yellow, sometimes with faint blush. Dots 

 numerous, inconspicuous, light and submerged, or sometimes areolar with 

 dark center. 



Calyx tube medium in length, wide, broadly conical. Stamens basal. 



Core medium to small or abortive, axile or abaxile ; cells symmetrical, 

 usually closed; core lines meeting Carpels variable, irregular, broadly ovate 

 or obovate, emarginate, slightly tufted. Seeds below medium to rather 

 large, rather dark brown, plump, obtuse to acute. 



Flesh with slight green or yellow tinge, moderately firm, coarse, neither 

 crisp nor tender, very juicy, subacid to briskly subacid, slightly aromatic, 

 fair to good in flavor and quality. 



Season November to January. 



GRAVENSTEIN. 



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 3. London Hort. Soc. Cat., 1831 :No. 489. 4. Kenrick, 1832:34. 5. Floy-- 

 Lindley, 1833:52. 6. Manning, 1838:53. 7. Ib., Mag. Hort., 7:45. 1841. 

 8. Downing, 1845 :8s. fig. g. Horticulturist, 1:196. 1846. 10. Cole, 1849 :iio. 

 fig. n. Thomas, 1849:149. fig. 12. Horticulturist, 5:200. 1850. 13. Barry, 

 1851 :284- 14. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 3:32, 104. 1851. fig., col. pi. No. 28. 

 15. Hovey, 2:15. 1851. col. pi. 16. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1852. 17. Elliott, 

 1854:83. 18. Gregg, 1857:43. fig. 19. Hooper, 1857:41,107,111. 20. De 

 Wolf and Hovey, Mag. Hort., 23:444. 1857. 21. Warder, 1867:487. fig. 

 22. Fitz, 1872:143,149,152. 23. Leroy, 1873:338. fig. 24. Horticulturist, 

 30:32. 1875. 2 5' Downing, 1881:11 index, app. 26. Hogg, 1884:96. 27. 

 Wickson, 1889 :243. 28. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890 :292. 29. Bailey, 

 An. Hort., 1892:240. 30. Stinson, Ark. Sta. An. Rpt., 6:55. 1893. 31. 

 Gaucher, 1894 :No. 10. col. pi. 32. Saunders, Ont. Fr. Gr. Assn. An. Rpt., 

 27:51. 1895. 33. Amer. Card., 16:381. 1895. fig. 34. Burrill and McCltier, 

 III. Sta. Bui, 45 :303. 1896. 35. Bunyard, Jour. Roy. Hort. Soc., 1898 :354- 

 36. Can. Hort., 22:133. 1899. 37. Van Deman, Rural N. Y., 59:20. 1900. 

 38. Woolverton, Ont. Fr. Stas. An. Rpt., 8:8. 1901. figs. 39. Waugh, Vt. 

 Sta. An. Rpt.., 14:295. 1901. 40. Can. Hort.., 25:167. 1902. fig. 41. Budd- 



