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or sometimes a little open; lobes long, rather narrow, acuminate. Basin 

 small, shallow, narrow, rather obtuse, smooth or wavy. 



Skin thin, tender, smooth, glossy, pale yellow or greenish, nearly over- 

 spread with deep purplish-red approaching blackish-purple on the exposed 

 cheek; some specimens are entirely red. Dots rather numerous, very small, 

 inconspicuous, light. 



Calyx tube short, moderately wide, conical to funnel-form. Stamens 

 median to marginal. 



Core large, axile to somewhat abaxile ; cells symmetrical, open or some- 

 times closed; core lines slightly clasping or meeting. Carpels broadly ovate 

 to elliptical. Seeds rather dark brown, numerous, small to medium, plump, 

 acute. 



Flesh white, fine, tender, juicy, brisk subacid, good to very good. 



Season late July to early winter. 



STRIPED RED JUNE. A variety has found its way into cultiva- 

 tion which appears in all respects identical with the Red June 

 except that the fruit is striped. It is supposed to be either a seed- 

 ling of the Red June or a sport of that variety (n, 12). 



RED TRANSPARENT. 



REFERENCES, i. Gibb, la. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1883:437. 2. Budd, la. Agr. 

 Coll. Bui., 1885:13. 3. Van Deman, U. S. Pom. Rpt., 1888:572. fig. 4. 

 Budd, la. Agr. Coll. Bui, 1890:18. 5. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:248. 6. Beach, 

 N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 13:584. 1894. 7- Troop, Ind. Sta. An. Rpt., 12:81. 1899. 



SYNONYMS. No. 333 (i, 2, 3, 4). RED TRANSPARENT (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). 

 Red Transparent (i). Skvosnoi krasnoi (2). SKWOSNOI KRASNOI (i). 



A Russian variety of little value where Primate can be grown. Fruit 

 medium size with pale skin nearly covered with red and overspread with 

 delicate bloom. Basin irregularly wrinkled ; calyx prominent, closed ; flesh 

 greenish-white, not very crisp; water-cores badly; season late July and 

 early August (6). 



RED WINE. 



REFERENCES, i. Webster, Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 7:54. 1881. 2. Gibb, 

 Ib., 9:95. 1883. 3. Ib., la. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1883:439. 4. Budd, la. Agr. 

 Coll. Bui, 1885:14. 5. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:248. 6. Taylor, Me. Pom. 

 Soc. Rpt., 1892:57. 7. Hansen, S. D. Sta. Bui, 76:92. 1902. 8. Budd- 

 Hansen, 1903:163. 



SYNONYMS. No. 343 (2, 4, 7). RED WINE (4, 5, 6, 7, 8). Red Wine 

 (i, 2, 3). Rother Weinapfel (7). Rotherwein appel (4). Vinnoe Krasnoe 

 Osennee (4). WEINAPFEL ROTHER (2). WEINAPFEL ROTHER (3). WEIN- 

 APPEL ROTHER (i). 



A Russian apple of the Lowland Raspberry type (7, 8). Fruit medium, 

 waxen-white almost completely covered with bright red. Flesh white, 

 tender, subacid, good. Season August and September. 



So far as we know this variety has not been tested in New York. 



