302 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



and For., 8:200. 1895. 15- Craig, Can. Dept. Agr. Rpt., 1895:93. figs. 16. 

 Budd, la. Sta. Bui., 31:333. 1895. 17- Waugh, Vt. Sta. Bui, 61:32. 1897. 18. 

 Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1897:14. 19- Waugh, Vt. Sta. An. Rpt., 14:308. 1901. 

 20. Hansen, S. D. Sta. Bui, 76:98. 1902. fig. 21. Budd-Hansen, 1903:173. fig. 



22. Powell and Fulton, U. S. B. P. I. Bui., 48:55, 1903. 23. Beach and Clark, 

 N. Y. Sta. Bui., 248:144. 1904. 24. Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. Bui., 56:277. 1905. 



SYNONYMS. Scott's Red Winter (8, 22). SCOTT WINTER (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 

 8, 9, 10, U. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 1 8, 20, 21, 22, 24). Scott's Winter (11, 19, 



23, 24). Wilcox's Winter (24). 



Fruit medium to rather small, of pretty good form and attractive 

 color. It is especially suitable for culinary purposes in the spring 

 because it retains a good degree of acidity later than most varieties 

 of its season. Toward the close of its season its acidity is some- 

 what subdued and it then becomes an acceptable dessert fruit 

 although it is not of high quality. The tree is very hardy, healthy, 

 comes into bearing young and is a reliable cropper, yielding mod- 

 erate to rather heavy crops biennially or in some cases annually. 

 The fruit hangs well to the tree but it is apt to be uneven in size 

 and unless proper preventive treatment is given is liable to be 

 injured by scab so that, on the whole, there is often considerable 

 loss in undersized or otherwise unmarketable fruit. In ordinary 

 storage it is in season from December to May with March as its 

 commercial limit (23). 



Scott is valuable for regions where the climate is too severe to 

 permit varieties of the grade of hardiness of Northern Spy and 

 Rhode Island Greening to be grown profitably. It should not be 

 grown in sod because the fruit is naturally small and becomes un- 

 profitably so unless the orchard is heavily manured and given 

 thorough tillage (12, 15). In some localities in this state it is 

 grown with profit for local market, and in portions of New England 

 and Canada it is classed among the commercial varieties. 



Historical. Originated about 1864 on the Scott Farm at Newport, Vermont, 

 and brought to notice by Dr. T. H. Hoskins of that place. It is not generally 

 known among New York fruit growers. It has been sparingly disseminated 

 in various portions of this state but has not been planted extensively in any 

 locality. 



TREE. 



Tree medium to rather large, vigorous. Form upright, becoming roundish 

 >r spreading, rather dense. Twigs medium to long, stout to somewhat slender ; 

 mternodes medium to long. Bark dull reddish-brown mingled with olive- 



