22O THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



Historical. Originated with J. B. Moore, Concord, Massachusetts. Cole 

 in 1849, speaks of it as a new variety (2) but it had been brought to notice 

 at least twenty years previously (i). It is not grown extensively in any 

 locality and is now seldom planted in this state but it is still occasionally 

 offered by nurserymen (12). 



TREE. 



Tree medium to large, moderately vigorous ; branches short, stout, crooked. 

 Form open, upright, becoming roundish and somewhat spreading. Twigs 

 short, straight or somewhat geniculate, rather stout with large terminal buds ; 

 internodes medium to short. Bark olive-green tinged with reddish-brown, 

 streaked with gray scarf-skin ; pubescent near tips. Lenticcls inconspicuous, 

 scattering, small, roundish. Buds prominent, large to below medium, broad, 

 plump, free, slightly pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium to large, uniform in size and shape. Form roundish, varying 

 from oblate to somewhat conic, sometimes regular and symmetrical but more 

 often somewhat elliptical or ribbed and with sides slightly unequal. Stem 

 short, usually not exserted. Cavity medium to rather large, acuminate, mod- 

 erately narrow to rather wide, deep, somewhat furrowed, usually russeted and 

 with outspreading russet rays. Calyx rather small, usually closed ; lobes acute, 

 erect or somewhat reflexed. Basin rather small, abrupt, narrow to moderately 

 wide, medium in depth, slightly furrowed and wrinkled. 



Skin smooth or nearly so, rather pale in color being yellow or greenish 

 largely overspread with a red or pinkish-red blush and dulled by grayish scarf- 

 skin which often produces the effect of faint stripes over the base although 

 the red is not striped. Dots pale russet, scattering. Prevailing effect red. 



Calyx tube rather small, conical to funnel-form. Stamens below median 

 to basal. 



Core rather small, axile or nearly so; cells symmetrical, not uniform, closed 

 or sometimes open ; core lines meeting or clasping. Carpels roundish to ellip- 

 tical, mucronate, emarginate, somewhat tufted. Seeds few, medium or above, 

 wide, obtuse, somewhat tufted. 



Flesh tinged with yellow or green, moderately firm, moderately fine-grained, 

 tender, rather dry, sweet, good. 



MOVER 



REFERENCES, x. N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 13:170. 1894. 2. Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. 

 Bui, 56:205. 1905. 



SYNONYM. MOVER PRIZE (i). Moyer Prise (2). 



A chance seedling received in 1894 from Moyer and Cook, Laketon, Indiana, 

 for testing at this Station. It is a rather large apple of the Yellow Bellflower 

 group, yellow often somewhat blushed with red, hardly equal to the Yellow 

 Bellflower in general appearance, but it appears to stand handling fully as well 

 if not better. The flesh is moderately coarse, crisp, very juicy, mildly subacid 

 eventually becoming sweet or nearly so, good to very good in flavor and 

 quality. As tested here it has come into bearing young and is productive. 

 It is not superior to other varieties of its season for either dessert or culinary 

 uses and the fact that it is a yellow apple makes it of doubtful value for the 

 commercial orchard. 



