192 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



Calyx: tube cone-shape. Stamens basal. 



Core medium to large, abaxile; cells often unsymmetrical, usually some- 

 what open ; core lines meeting. Carpels roundish to broadly ovate, mucronate, 

 sometimes emarginate, tufted. Seeds numerous, above medium to rather 

 large, wide, usually obtuse, plump. 



Flesh yellowish, firm, a little coarse, moderately juicy, peculiarly aromatic, 

 mildly subacid, rich, good for dessert, rather mild for culinary use. 



Season late October or November to midwinter ; often some portion of 

 the fruit may be kept in ordinary storage to March. 



SAILEE RUSSET. 



REFERENCE, i. Waugh, Vt. Sta. An. Rpt., 14:307. 1901. 



SYNONYMS. None. 



A local variety grown in the vicinity of Lake Champlain. The following 

 account of it is given by Waugh (i) : 



" Sailee was a Frenchman who came over from France about a hundred 

 years ago and who had a farm on Cumberland Head, Clinton county, N. Y., 

 just across from Grand Isle. He had a large orchard and grew many 

 varieties of apples, some of which he had brought from France, others of 

 which came from other sources, and some of which he originated himself. 

 From his having given his own name to this variety it is supposed to have 

 originated in his own grounds. It was early distributed to Grand Isle, and 

 may be found in several of the older and more complete collections. It 

 is a good variety, but not superior to Roxbury. 



" Fruit oblate, slightly conic, size small to medium, cavity very deep and 

 broad, stem medium long, slender, basin deep, corrugated, calyx small, 

 closed, color dull green with occasional blush and considerable russet, dots 

 russet, skin tough, flesh white, core small, flavor subacid, quality good, 

 season early winter." 



SAILLY AUTUMN. 



REFERENCES, i. Downing, 1857:187. 2. Thomas, 1875:511. 



SYNONYMS. None. 



A local variety which originated at Plattsburg, N. Y. Fruit medium, 

 roundish conic, greenish-yellow frequently with a deep red cheek. Stalk 

 short; cavity medium; calyx small, closed; basin small, narrow; flesh very 

 tender, rich, aromatic, subacid, good. September (i, 2). 



We are unacquainted with this variety and have received no report con- 

 cerning it from any of our correspondents. 



ST. LAWRENCE. 



REFERENCES, i. London Hort. Soc. Cat., 1831 : No. 1187. 2. Kenrick, 

 1832:28. 3. Mag. Hort., 1:149. i835- 4- Hovey, Ib., 13 :539- 1847. fig. 

 5. Mag. Hort., 14:531, 539- 1848. 6. Thomas, Cultivator, 5:246. 1848. 7. 

 Cole, 1849:104. 8. Thomas, 1849:152. 9. Barry, 1851:286. 10. Waring, 

 1851:30. ii. Elliott, 1854:158. 12. Downing, 1857:193. 13. Hooper, 



