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Historical. Originated as a chance seedling with John E. Sheddan, Friends- 

 ville, Blount county, Tennessee, about 1882 (i). It probably grew from a seed 

 of Green Crank near which the original Sheddan tree stood. So far as we 

 know this variety has not been grown in New York except at this Station. 



TREE. 



Tree vigorous. Form upright spreading, rather open. Twigs short, rather 

 stout to sometimes slender. Bark dull green and reddish. Lenticels numer- 

 ous, very small, roundish, dark. Buds small, appressed, rather obtuse. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit above medium to large. Form roundish, slightly oblate, regular, 

 symmetrical. Stem moderately long and rather slender to short and thick, 

 sometimes swollen at the base. Cavity medium in size, obtuse to acute, mod- 

 erately shallow to deep, rather broad, usually obscurely furrowed, sometimes 

 lipped, somewhat russeted. Calyx small, closed or partly open. Basin shallow 

 to moderately deep, narrow to moderately wide, obtuse to rather abrupt, some- 

 what furrowed, wrinkled. 



Skin smooth, grass-green changing to yellow with an orange blush which 

 sometimes deepens to red. Dots often submerged, numerous, pale or yellow- 

 ish especially toward the basin but toward the cavity they are larger, more 

 scattering and more often areolar with russet point. Prevailing effect attrac- 

 tive yellow when the fruit is fully ripe. 



Calyx tube nearly urn-shape or approaching funnel- form. Stamens median. 



Core medium to rather small, somewhat abaxile to nearly axile, sometimes 

 with hollow cylinder in the axis; cells not always uniformly developed, sym- 

 metrical, closed or partly open ; core lines clasping. Carpels thin, smooth or 

 nearly so, broadly roundish to broadly obovate, mucronate, emarginate. Seeds 

 moderately dark reddish-brown, medium to small, plump, acute to obtuse, 

 sometimes slightly tufted ; often some are abortive. 



Flesh tinged with yellow or greenish, hard, firm, moderately fine-grained 

 or slightly coarse, crisp, somewhat tender, moderately juicy, mild subacid, 

 good to very good. 



Season January to May. 



SHEEPNOSE. 



REFERENCES, i. Coxe, 1817:125. 2. Warder, 1857:645. 3. Downing, 1869: 

 35i. 



This name has been applied to several different varieties of apples 

 having a conical shape. In some localities Yellow Bellflower is 

 known by this name. In other places it is a common name for the 

 Black Gilliflower. 



Warder (2) describes Sheepnose of Mears as a medium, roundish, 

 slightly conic apple, smooth, greenish-yellow, in some respects 

 resembling White Pearmain ; flesh juicy, subacid, good ; season 



December to February. 

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