176 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



TREE. 



Tree moderately vigorous. Form upright. Twigs short to nearly long, 

 rather slender, generally straight; internodes medium. Bark dull reddish or 

 brownish-red, quite uniformly overlaid with a moderately heavy scarf-skin, 

 somewhat pubescent. Lcnticels inconspicuous, generally scattering, but on 

 some twigs numerous, small, elongated or roundish. Buds small, acute, some- 

 what pubescent, lightly attached to the bark or nearly free. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium to large, sometimes averaging below medium; pretty uniform 

 in size and shape. Form roundish or inclined to conic or somewhat oblate, 

 often obscurely ribbed and with sides unequal. Stem rather short. Cavity 

 acuminate, deep, broad to rather narrow, symmetrical, often with outspreading 

 russet rays. Calyx small to medium, closed, varying to large and open. 

 Basin often oblique, very abrupt, rather narrow, often somewhat furrowed. 



Skin smooth, pale yellow or greenish, thinly overspread with orange-red 

 or pinkish-red, becoming clear red on exposed cheek, abundantly striped with 

 bright carmine, mottled with thin gray scarf-skin towards the cavity. Dots 

 whitish, often conspicuous, sometimes with russet point. Prevailing effect 

 in highly colored specimens striped red, bright and attractive. 



Calyx tube long, funnel-form with wide limb. Stamens median to basal. 



Core somewhat abaxile, rather small ; cells closed or partly open ; core lines 

 clasp the funnel cylinder. Carpels broad at base, narrow at apex, emarginate, 

 tufted. Seeds dark, medium in size, moderately wide, somewhat acute, tufted. 



Flesh whitish, firm, somewhat coarse, moderately crisp, rather tender, juicy, 

 sprightly subacid, fair to good. 



Season December to June. 



KING. 



Tompkins King, more often called King of Tompkins County, 

 is usually known among fruit growers and fruit dealers as King. 

 For an account of this variety the reader is referred to Tompkins 

 King. 



Twenty Ounce Pippin has also been known to a limited extent 

 locally as King, but it is a very different variety from Tompkins King. 



KINNAIRD. 



REFERENCES, i. Downing, 1872:18 app. fig. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1875. 

 3. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:242. 4. Watts, Tenn. Sta. Bui., 1:15. 1896. fig. 5. 

 Wright, Am. Card., 17:33. 1896. 6. Thomas, 1897:291. 7. Ragan, U. S. Pom. 

 Bui., 8:18. 1899. 8. A'an. Sta. Bui, 106:53. 1902. 9. Budd-Hansen, 1903:110. 

 fig. 10. Farrand, Mich. Sta. Bui, 205:45. 1903. u. Bruner, N. C. Sta. Bui, 

 182:25. 1903. 



SYNONYMS. KINNAIRD'S CHOICE (i, 8). Kinnaird's Choice (4, 6). KIN- 

 NAIRDS FAVORITE (2). KINNARD (7, 9). Kinnard's Choice (9). 



This is a dark red winter apple of the Winesap class. When well grown 

 it is of good size, very good quality and attractive in appearance. The tree 



