344 APPLES. 



ish yellow ; stalk slender, an inch and a quarter Igng, cavity 

 large ; basin furrowed, regular ; flesh tender, breaking, fine- 

 grained, mild, agreeable, sprightly. Ripens through winter. 

 Tree vigorous, productive. Origin, Pomfret, Conn. 



Progress. Rather large, roundish-conical, often slightly oblate; 

 smooth, yellow, often with a brownish cheek ; stalk short, cavity 

 russeted ; calyx large, basin shallow ; flesh crisp, with a pleasant 

 sub-acid flavor. Connecticut. 



Red Russet. Large, roundish-con'ical ; yellow, shaded with dull 

 red and deep carmine in the sun ; thickly dotted with some rough 

 russet; stalk short and thick ; calyx with long segments, basin nar- 

 row, uneven ; flesh yellow, solid, crisp, tender, with an excellent, 

 rich, sub-acid flavor, somewhat resembling Baldwin. (C. Down- 

 ing.) Said to be a graft hybrid between Baldwin and Roxbury 

 Russet. 



Red Queen. Medium, irregular conical ; greenish yellow, red blush 

 on sunny side ; cavity small ; stem short, stout ; basin small ; flesh 

 white, green veinings, quite acid. Late winter. Fig. 458. Rus- 

 sian. 



FIG. 475. R. I. Greening. FIG. 476. Ortley. FIG. 477. Arkansas Black. 



Rhode Island Greening.* (Greening.) Large, roundish oblate; 

 green, becoming greenish yellow, always fair, a dull brown blush 

 to the sun ; stalk three-fourths of an inch long ; basin rather small, 

 often slightly russeted ; flesh yellow a rich yellow if much exposed 

 to the sun, and whitish yellow or greenish white if much shaded 

 tender, juicy, with a rich rather acid flavor. Growth strong, young 

 trees crooked or oblique, shoots rather spreading, leaves sharp 

 serrate ; very productive, single trees sometimes yielding forty 

 bushels of fair fruit in favorable years and orchards 500 bushels 

 per acre. Fine in New England and New York. Fig. 475. Ten- 

 der far West. Susceptible to scab. Rhode Island. 



Roman Stem. Medium in size, round ovate ; whitish yellow, with 

 a faint brownish blush ; stalk one-half to three-fourths of an inch 



