1 86 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



Calyx tube rather wide, cone-shape or sometimes funnel-form. Stamens 

 basal. 



Core below medium to small, axile or with a narrow hollow cylinder at 

 the axis; cells pretty regular, closed; core lines clasping to nearly meet- 

 ing. Carpels roundish to nearly elliptical, emarginate, slightly tufted. Seeds 

 variable, some abortive, usually but few are plump, light and dark brown, 

 rather large, moderately narrow to wide, medium to long, obtuse or some- 

 times approaching acute, sometimes slightly tufted. 



Flesh tinged with yellow, firm, very crisp, medium in texture, juicy, 

 pleasantly aromatic, rich, sprightly subacid, very good. 



Season late September to December or later. 



RICHARD GRAFT. 



REFERENCES, i. Mag. Hort., 18:492. 1852. 2. Downing, 1857:101. fig. 

 3. Warder, 1867:457. fig. 4. Thomas, 1875:204. 5. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 

 1877:14. 6. Barry, 1883:340. 7. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1888. 8. Hendricks, 

 Rural N. Y., 47759, 811. 1888. 9. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:248. 10. Budd- 

 Hansen, 1903:166. 



SYNONYMS. Derrick and Ann (8). Derrick's Graft (2, 4). Red Spitzen- 

 kerg (3). Red Spitzenburgh (2, 4, 6). RICHARD (i). RICHARD GRAFT 

 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9). Strawberry (2, 3). Wine (2, 3). 



This is a very fine fall apple of superior dessert quality. It 

 begins to ripen during late August or early September; the 

 crop ripens in succession during a period of several weeks, and 

 some portion of the fruit may be kept till late autumn. Several 

 pickings are required in order to secure the fruit in prime con- 

 dition. The tree is upright, of medium size, moderately vigorous, 

 long-lived and a reliable cropper yielding good crops biennially. 

 It is an excellent variety for home use and is being grown to a 

 limited extent in commercial orchards with profit. 



Historical. This variety was originated at Greenport, Columbia county, 

 N. Y., by Richard Delamatter. It was introduced about 1860 by E. G. 

 Studley, a nurseryman of Claverack, Columbia county, N. Y. Its cultiva- 

 tion is being extended somewhat in Columbia county, but as yet it is but little 

 known outside of the Hudson valley. 



TREE. 



Tree of medium size, moderately vigorous. Form upright or roundish, 

 open. Twigs moderately long, curved, moderately stout ; internodes medium. 

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

 quite numerous, medium size, round, not raised. Buds medium size, broad, 

 acute to obtuse, free, pubescent. 



