THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 123 



ETOWAH. 



REFERENCES, i. Downing, 1876:51. app. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1881. 3. 

 Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:238. 4. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui., 248:118. 

 1904. 



SYNONYM. COOPER'S RED (3). Cooper's Red (i). 



This is a variety of Georgia origin which is regarded with favor in some 

 parts of the South (i, 2, 3). So far as we know it is not being grown in 

 New York. The variety described under the name Etowah in Bulletin 248 

 of this Station is not true to name. 



ETRIS, 



REFERENCES, i. Stinson, Ark. Sta. Bui., 49:11. 1898. 2. Ib., 60:128. 1899. 

 3. Budd-Hansen, 1903:77. 



The variety which has been propagated under this name in Arkansas may 

 be a new variety but it appears to be identical with Gano (i, 2). 



EVENING PARTY, 



REFERENCES, i. Brinckle, Horticulturist, 10:539. 1855. col. pi. 2. Downing, 

 1857:77. fig. 3. Elliott, 1859:137. 4. Warder, 1867:433. fig. 5. Am. Pom. 

 Soc. Cat., 1873. 6. Mich. Hort. Soc. RpL, 1881:310. 7. Thomas, 1885:233. 

 8. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:238. 9. Buckman, Rural N. Y., 54:806. 189^. 10. 

 Budd-Hansen, 1903:78. fig. 



A pleasant flavored dessert fruit which is in season at Christmas. Some 

 find the tree unproductive but others report that it is a biennial bearer pro- 

 ducing so abundantly that the fruit is small if it is not thinned and the tree 

 well pruned. When highly colored it is decidedly attractive but often it does 

 not color well and usually is below medium in size. It is not recommended 

 for commercial planting. 



Historical. Origin, Berks county, Pa. (4). It has been known in cultiva- 

 tion for fifty years but it is but little grown in New York and its cultivation 

 is not being extended. 



TREE. 



Tree medium in size, moderately vigorous. Form roundish with long 

 spreading branches. Twigs dark reddish-brown, slender to rather stout, 

 curved at base; internodes long to very long. Bark generally dull brownish- 

 red with a rather strong undertone of olive-green in places ; scarf-skin uni 

 form, moderately light. Lenticels inconspicuous, raised, numerous, above 

 medium to rather small, roundish. Buds medium size, moderately obtuse, 

 quite pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit above medium to rather small. Form oblate to roundish, pretty sym- 

 metrical, uniform. Stem short, medium in thickness, seldom exserted. 

 Cavity acute to acuminate, deep, moderately broad, usually smooth, occasion- 

 ally with outspreading russet rays, symmetrical. Calyx medium to large. 



