256 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



Bark bright reddish-brown, slightly tinged with olive-green, mottled with 

 scarf-skin; slightly pubescent. Buds large, broad, plump, obtuse, free, not 

 pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium in size, uniform in size and shape. Form oblate, faintly 

 ribbed. Stem very long, slender. Cavity acute, deep, medium in width, 

 symmetrical, sometimes slightly russeted. Calyx variable, usually small, 

 closed. Basin very shallow, rather wide, obtuse, slightly furrowed. 



Skin moderately thin, moderately tough, smooth, yellowish-white mostly 

 overspread with brilliant pinkish-red, sometimes with whitish bands radiat- 

 ing from the cavity, overspread with faint bloom. Dots minute, whitish. 



Calyx tube moderately long, moderately wide, varying from somewhat 

 urn-shape to funnel-form. Stamens marginal. 



Core large ; cells closed ; core lines clasping. Carpels broadly obovate, 

 emarginate. Seeds medium to rather small, moderately wide, flat, obtuse. 



Flesh tinged with yellow, coarse, crisp, rather tender, juicy, very brisk 

 subacid, somewhat astringent, good. 



Season late August and early September. 



GIBB. 



REFERENCES, i. Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1884:35. fig. 2. Am. Pom. 

 Soc. Rpt., 1885:29. 3. Stark, Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1886:233. 4. ///. Hort. 

 Soc. Rpt., 1889:22. 5. Craig, Can. Hort., 15:225. 1892. fig. 6. Am. Pom. 

 Soc. Cat., 1897:11. 7. Thomas, 1897:298. fig. 8. Farrand, Mich. Sta. Bui., 

 205:47. 1903. 9. Powell and Fulton, U. S. B. P. I. Bui., 48:42. 1903. 

 10. Budd-Hansen, 1903 :2i9. fig. 



SYNONYMS. None. 



Fruit large, yellow blushed with dull red. It is thinner 

 skinned and much less astringent than Hyslop with remarkably 

 yellow flesh. It is highly esteemed for canning; season last half 

 of September. It is recommended for the home orchard and is 

 worthy of trial for commercial planting where a crabapple of its 

 season is desired. The tree is a slow, spreading grower fairly 

 hardy as far north as Montreal, very productive (5). 



Historical. Originated with George P. Peffer, Pewaukee, Wis., being a 

 seedling of an oblate Yellow Siberian crab crossed with Fall Greening 

 (5, 10). 



FRUIT (5, 7, 10). 



Fruit large. Form roundish oblate. Stem short to medium length, thick. 

 Cavity wide, deep, regular. Calyx medium size, open. Basin very wide, 

 shallow, wrinkled. 



Skin thin, yellow, blushed with dull red, attractive. Dots white, minute. 



Flesh remarkably yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, pleasantly acid, a little astring- 

 ent, sprightly. 



Season early. 



