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FRUIT. 



Fruit below medium to above or rather large. Form roundish or round- 

 ish oval, pretty regular but somewhat unequal. Stem medium in length, 

 slender. Cavity acuminate to acute, deep, medium in width to rather nar- 

 row, more or less russeted. Calyx medium size, open; lobes separated at 

 base. Basin deep, narrow to rather wide, abrupt, somewhat furrowed. 



Skin pale yellow more or less overspread and mottled with pinkish-red 

 striped and splashed with carmine. Dots grayish or brownish, few, small, 

 inconspicuous. 



Calyx tube short, conical to funnel-form. Stamens basal to median. 



Core medium size, abaxile; cells fairly symmetrical, open; core lines 

 nearly meeting. Carpels nearly cordate to elliptical. Seeds numerous, 

 medium size, flat, moderately acute. 



Flesh white, moderately fine, crisp, rather tender, juicy, subacid to mild 

 subacid, fair to good. 



Season October to early winter or midwinter. 



TINMOUTH. 



REFERENCES, i. Downing, 1857:197. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1862. 3. 

 Downing, Horticulturist, 19:145. 1864. figs. 4. Warder, 1867:734. 5. 

 Downing, 1869:383. 6. Thomas, 1875:514. 7. Taylor, Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 

 1895:193. 8. Burrill and McCluer, ///. Sta. Bui, 45:343. 1896. 9. Waugh, 

 Vt. Sta. An. Rpt., 14:310. 1901. 



SYNONYMS. TEIGNMOUTH (3). Teignmouth (5, 6). TINMOUTH (i, 2, 4, 

 5, 6, 7, 8, 9). Tinmouth Sweet (8). Vermont Pippin (3, 5). 



Tinmouth is a fall and early winter apple of good size, good quality and 

 rather attractive appearance. The tree is a good grower, with an upright 

 habit. It is a regular cropper and very productive. It does not seem to 

 be desirable for general commercial planting in New York. 



Historical Downing remarked that this variety originated at Tinmouth, 

 Vt, and was much esteemed in the region of its origin (5). Waugh calls 

 it a good apple and states that it is almost unknown in Grand Isle county 

 but is much more common in other parts of Vermont (9). So far as we 

 have discovered it is but little known in New York. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium to large. Form oblate to roundish, regular or obscurely 

 ribbed ; sides often distinctly unequal. Stem often bracted, short to medium, 

 usually not exserted. Cavity large, acute or approaching acuminate, deep, 

 broad, russeted and with outspreading russet rays. Calyx small, partly 

 closed or open; lobes often small, sometimes long, acute, recurved. Basin 

 rather large, deep, moderately wide, abrupt to moderately abrupt, often 

 somewhat wrinkled. 



Skin tender, pale yellow or greenish, often with a bright deep blush and 

 overspread with thin bloom. Dots numerous, greenish or russet, giving the 

 surface a somewhat rough appearance. Prevailing effect yellow. 



