THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 1 1 1 



DU BOIS. 



REFERENCE, i. Heiges, U. S. Pom. Rpt., 1894:19. 



A red-striped winter apple described by Heiges (i) in 1894 from specimens 

 received from Columbia county, N. Y., as above medium size, oblate, yellow 

 washed with mixed red and striped with crimson; flesh yellowish-white, 

 stained with red, mild subacid, good. Mr. F. P. Studley, who furnished 

 Heiges with the fruit from which the above description was made reports 

 further concerning this variety that it originated as a chance seedling in the 

 town of Claverack, and that it is a very showy apple of the Blue Pearmain 

 type although the fruit is not so large as that of Blue Pearmain. It ap- 

 parently would stand shipping well for the skin is tough and the fruit is firm. 

 It is a very late keeper sometimes being kept till July. The tree is very hardy, 

 a good grower, forming a round compact head. It is productive in alternate 

 years. 



DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, 



REFERENCES, i. Downing, 1872:150. 2. Hogg, 1884:65. 3. Bailey, An. 

 Hort., 1892:237. 4. N. Y. Sta. Rpt., 1892:588, 592. 5. Bunyard, Jour. R. H. 

 S., 21:356. 1898. 6. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui, 248:117. 1904. 



A yellow apple, partly russeted, medium in size, desirable either 

 for dessert or culinary use. The tree does not come into bearing- 

 very young, but when mature is quite productive. The fruit is apt 

 to drop badly. It cannot be recommended as superior to other well- 

 known varieties of its class. 



Historical. Originated in England and introduced to commerce there about 

 J875 (5)- It is there esteemed as an excellent dessert apple and a good keeper 

 (2). It is but little known in New York. 



TREE. 

 Tree large, vigorous. Form spreading. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium to small. Form oblate to roundish conic, sometimes obscurely 

 ribbed; pretty uniform in shape and size. Stem very short to medium, some- 

 times swollen. Cavity rather narrow to moderately broad, shallow to moder- 

 ately deep, acute, often nearly acuminate, often lipped, usually covered with 

 green russet. Calyx rather large, flat, partly open. Basin variable, usually 

 shallow and obtuse, somewhat furrowed and wrinkled. 



Skin thin, tough, partly smooth, dull yellow, often with a faint orange or 

 bronze blush, more or less covered with russet, roughened with large russet 

 dots. Dots gray or russet, conspicuous. Prevailing effect greenish-yellow 

 mingled with russet. 



Calyx tube small, short, rather wide, conical or urn-shape. Stamens 

 marginal. 



Core axile or nearly so, medium in size; cells usually symmetrical, closed; 

 core lines meeting or clasping. Carpels roundish to somewhat oblong, slightly 



