342 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



Core medium or below, nearly axile with hollow cylinder in the axis ; cells 

 usually symmetrical, closed or sometimes slightly open; core lines clasping. 

 Carpels thin, broadly roundish to elliptical, obtusely emargmate, mucronate, 

 somewhat tufted. Seeds numerous, medium or below, rather short, obtuse to 

 rather acute, slightly tufted. 



Flesh tinged with green or yellow, moderately firm, breaking, moderately 

 fine-grained, tender, juicy, mild subacid becoming nearly sweet, fair to nearly 

 good. 



Season November to April. 



TOBIAS PIPPIN, 



REFERENCES, i. Goff, N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 7:90. 1888. 2. Beach and Clark, 

 N. Y. Sta. Bui, 248:146. JQ04. 



Tobias Pippin is of pretty good size, fair to good quality, and rather attrac- 

 tive appearance for a yellow apple. It comes in season in October and some 

 portion of the crop may be kept till March, but in ordinary storage November 

 is its commercial limit. The tree is a pretty good grower and as tested at 

 this Station comes into bearing rather young and produces full crops in alter- 

 nate years. As compared with standard sorts of its season it does not appear 

 to be worthy of general planting. Received here for testing from J. T. 

 Macomber, Grand Isle, Vt, in 1888. So far as we know it is practically un- 

 known outside of the Lake Champlain district. 



TREE. 



Tree moderately vigorous. Form upright spreading or roundish, dense- 

 T'^'igs short to medium, straight, stout to somewhat slender, with large term- 

 inal buds; internodes short to medium. Bark clear brown with tinge of red, 

 lightly streaked with scarf-skin, slightly pubescent near tips. Lenticels quite 

 numerous, small to medium, roundish or somewhat elongated, not raised. 

 finds deeply set in bark, below medium to small, flat, obtuse, appressed, but 

 slightly pubescent if at all. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit varies from rather small to nearly large but when well grown averages 

 above medium size. Form oblate conic to roundish ovate, often somewhat 

 ribbed, fairly uniform. Stem short to medium, moderately slender. Cavity 

 variable, rather large, varying from rather obtuse to nearly acuminate, moder- 

 ately deep to deep, moderately narrow to broad, often furrowed or compressed, 

 sometimes partly russeted and with outspreading russet. Calyx small to 

 medium, closed or partly open. Basin small to medium, varying from shallow 

 and narrow to medium in depth and width, abrupt, usually somewhat furrowed. 



Skin rather tender, nearly smooth, rather glossy, yellow mottled and streaked 

 with whitish scarf-skin, sometimes distinctly blushed- Dots numerous, small, 

 irregular, whitish and submerged or areolar with russet point. 



Calyx tube funnel-form or nearly so. Stamens median to basal. 



Core below medium to rather large, somewhat abaxile; cells usually sym- 

 metrical, closed or partly open ; core lines clasping the funnel cylinder. Carpels 

 broadly elliptical, emarginate. Seeds numerous, rather dark brown, medium 

 to small, plump, rather acute. 



