178 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



Core rather large ; cells open ; core lines clasping. Carpels nearly round- 

 ish, tufted. Seeds rather small, plump, acute. 



Flesh white, fine, very tender, moderately juicy, of pleasant sweet flavor 

 and fair to good quality. 



Season August and September. 



RED ASTRACHAN. 



REFERENCES, i. London Hort, Soc. Trans., 4:522 (cited by 2). 2. For- 

 syth, 1824:131. 3. Pom. Mag., 1830 :No. 123, col. pi. 4. London Hort. Soc. 

 Cat., 1831 :No. 31. 5. Kenrick, 1832:90. 6. Floy-Lindley, 1833:4. 7. Ken- 

 rick, 1835:58. 8. Mag. Hort., 1:391. 1835. 9. Manning, 1838:50. 10. Ib. , 

 Mag. Hort., 7:48. 1841. n. Downing, 1845:75. fig. 12. Horticulturist, 

 1:146. 1846. 13. Hovey, Mag. Hort., 14:15. 1848. fig. 14. Cole, 1849:98. 

 fig. 15. Goodrich, 1849:49. 16. Thomas, 1849:143. 17. Waring, 1851:29. 

 18. Barry, 1851:279. 19. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 3:14. 1851. col. pi. 

 No. 53. 20. Hovey, i :35. 1851. col. pi. and fig. 21. Mass. Hort. Soc. 

 Trans., 1852:103. col. pi. 22. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1852. 23. Horticulturist, 

 7:437. 1852. 24. Elliott, 1854:103. fig. 25. Horticulturist, 10:443. 1855. 

 fig. 26. Hooper, 1857:13, 77. 27. Gregg, 1857:38. fig. 28. Mag. Hort., 

 30:162. 1864. 29. Ib. } 32:17, 51. 1866. 30. Warder, 1867:456. fig. 31. 

 Downing, 1869:323. fig. 32. Todd, 1871:210. fig. 33. Fitz, 1872:143, 160, 

 172. 34. Leroy, 1873:82. fig. 35. Hatch, Horticulturist, 29:51. 1874. 36. 

 Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1876:8. 37. Hogg, 1884:185. 38. Wickson, 1889: 

 243. 39. Lyoia, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:296. 40. Can. Hort., 14:261. 

 1891. 41. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892 :234, 247. 42. Am. Card., 15 :4O4. 1894. 

 fig. 43. Woolverton, Ont. Fr. Stas. An. Rpt., 2:10. 1895. fig. 44. Burrill 

 and McCluer, ///. Sta. Bui, 45:337. 1896. 45. Waugh, Vt. Sta. Bui., 61:31. 

 1897. 46. Bunyard, Jour. Roy. Hort. Soc., 1898 .-354. 47. Craig, Cyc. of Am. 

 Hort., 1901:1404. 48. Waugh, Ft. Sta, An. Rpt., 14:305. 1901. 49. Can. 

 Hort., 25:305. 1902. figs. 50. Hansen, S. D. Sta. Bui, 76:90. 1902. 51. 

 Bruner, N. C. Sta. Bui., 182:21. 1903. 52. Budd-Hansen, 1903:160. fig. 



SYNONYMS. Abe Lincoln (31, 32, 34, 48). AMERICAN RED (4, 46). An- 

 glesea Pippin (37). ASTRACAN ROUGE (34). ASTRACHAN (23). ASTRACHAN 

 RED (2, 18). Astrachan Rouge (31). Astrakhan Rouge (32). Deterding's 

 Early (31, 32). Hamper's American (37). RED ASTRACAN (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 

 19). RED ASTRACHAN (i, 3, 5, n, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 

 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 5O, 51, 52). 

 Red Astrachan (34). RED ASTRAKHAN (32). Rother Astrakhan (31, 32). 

 Vermilion d'Ete (31, 32, 34). Waterloo (37). 



This is a very beautiful early summer apple of good medium 

 size, yellow, largely covered with light and dark red, presenting a 

 striped appearance, and overspread with bluish bloom. It is gen- 

 erally well known throughout the state, being valued particularly 

 for home use. It is fit for culinary purposes before it becomes 

 fully ripe, so that for home use it is in season from late July to 



