2oo THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



FRUIT (5). 



Print above medium to large. Form sharply conical, somewhat angular and 

 ribbed. Stem short, stout. Cavity acute, medium, regular, with stellate 

 russet. Calyx closed. Basin abrupt, narrow, deep, wavy, wrinkled. 



Skin smooth, rich yellow with dull red blush. Dots minute, distinct, numer- 

 ous, white. 



Calyx tube conical. Stamens median. 



Core closed: core lines meeting. 



Flesh yellowish-white, firm, juicy, very mild subacid with sweet after-taste, 

 fair. 



Season late winter. 



MANCHESTER. 



REFERENCES, i. Powell and Fulton, U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 48:48. 1903. 2. 

 Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui, 248:131. 1904. 



This variety shows that it is of the Esoptts Spitzenburg type by the size and 

 form of the fruit and also by the texture and quality of the flesh. It is much 

 inferior to the Esopus Spitsenburg in color and is not as good in quality. 

 The flesh is liable to have brown discolorations commonly known as the 

 " Baldwin spot." The fruit is often above medium or large but is not very 

 uniform either in size or shape. The color is quite variable and lacks char- 

 acter, being yellow or dull green partly overspread with red. It is not suffi- 

 ciently attractive in form and color for a good market fruit. The tree is not 

 very slow in coming into bearing and is a reliable cropper. Not recom- 

 mended for planting in New York. 



Historical. Received here for testing from J. D. Adams, Mapleton, Cayuga 

 county, N. Y., in 1890. We have not learned where or when the variety 

 originated. It is sparingly cultivated in a few localities in Western New York 

 but does not appear to be known in other portions of the state. 



TREE. 



Tree rather small, only moderately vigorous; lateral branches willowy, 

 slender. Form roundish or spreading, dense. Twigs below medium to short, 

 rather slender, nearly straight; internodes medium. Bark clear reddish-brown 

 with a light coat of streaked scarf-skin, slightly pubescent near the tips. 

 Lenticels quite numerous, very small, roundish to oblong, sometimes slightly 

 raised. Buds medium to small, plump, roundish, obtuse to acute, appressed, 

 pubescent, deeply set in bark. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit above medium to large. Form roundish to oblong, inclined to conic, 

 somewhat angular or elliptical, usually pretty symmetrical. Siem medium to 

 long. Cavity broad, deep, varying from somewhat obtuse to acuminate, often 

 obscurely furrowed, usually russeted. Calyx small to medium, closed. Basin 

 usually small, often oblique, varying from very shallow and obtuse to moder- 

 ately deep and abrupt, often irregular, usually distinctly furrowed and wrinkled. 



Skin slightly rough, dull grass-green varying to a rather deep yellow, thinly 

 blushed with red and sparingly and obscurely striped with dull carmine. 

 Prevailing color yellow. Dots rather numerous, small to medium, pale or 

 russet, often irregular, often submerged. 



