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large, acute to sometimes acuminate, deep, rather broad, somewhat furrowed 

 or compressed, smooth or russeted, sometimes with outspreading russet rays. 

 Calyx large, leafy, pubescent, open or partly closed; lobes often reflexed and 

 separated at the base. Basin large, rather wide and deep, abrupt, often dis- 

 tinctly furrowed and wrinkled. 



Skin moderately thin, tough, smooth toward the base, the upper half often 

 roughened with russet dots or with capillary russet lines which become con- 

 centric toward the calyx, lively green marbled with yellow or becoming pale 

 yellow as the season advances faintly shaded with red or in highly colored 

 specimens blushed with lively pinkish-red. Dots variable, rather numerous, 

 usually greenish and areolar with brown russet point, often elongated about 

 the cavity. 



Calyx tube large, wide, conical or urn-shape with fleshy pistil point pro- 

 jecting into the base. Stamens median to basal. 



Core rather small, slightly abaxile with hollow cylinder in the axis ; cells 

 usually symmetrical and closed ; core lines meeting or somewhat clasping. 

 Carpels roundish or inclined to roundish obcordate, mucronate, slightly tufted. 



Seeds few, long, somewhat acute, somewhat tufted. 



Flesh decidedly tinged with yellow, firm, moderately coarse, somewhat crisp, 

 tender, juicy, brisk subacid but becoming mild, aromatic, good to very good. 



MOON, 



REFERENCES, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1877:39. 2. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892: 

 244. 3. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui., 248:133. 1904. 



Fruit of good size, good quality and fairly attractive for a greenish-yellow 

 apple. In the South it ripens its fruit in succession through the summer but 

 as fruited at this Station it is in season from November to April or later. In 

 ordinary storage there is a pretty high percentage of loss in autumn with a 

 low rate of loss through midwinter. On the whole, as grown in this region 

 it appears to be unsatisfactory for handling in common storage, notwithstand- 

 ing the fact that a considerable portion of the fruit may be kept in good 

 condition till February or later. The tree is not a strong grower but it comes 

 into bearing young, is a reliable cropper and almost an annual bearer alternat- 

 ing light with heavier crops. It does not appear to excel standard sorts of its 

 season for any purpose and is not recommended for planting in New York. 



Historical. Moon originated as a chance seedling on the farm of Mr. I. W. 

 Moon, Monroe, Walton county, Ga. It bore its first fruit in 1873 (i). It 

 appears to be practically unknown among New York fruit growers. 



TREE. 



Tree rather small with rather short, stout branches. Form roundish up- 

 right, open. Twigs below medium to short, somewhat curved, slender; inter- 

 nodes medium. Bark olive-green tinged with reddish-brown and streaked 

 with gray scarf-skin, slightly pubescent near the tips. Lenticels quite numer- 

 ous, medium to small, roundish, slightly raised. Buds medium to small, plump, 

 obtuse, free, slightly pubescent. 



