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THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



YELLOW FOREST. 



REFERENCES, i. Gardener's Monthly, 1885. (cited by 7). 2. N. Y. Sta. An. 

 Rpt., 8:349. 1889. 3. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:253. 4. Beach, N. Y. Sta. An. 

 Rpt', I3:59 2 - l8 94- 5- Stinson, Ark. Sta. Bui., 43:104. 1896. 6. Beach and 

 Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui, 248:152. 1904. 7- Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 56:345- 

 1905. 



SYNONYM. Wild Apple (7)- 



Fruit medium to rather small, yellowish or green with dull blush, fair to 

 good in quality. It is too deficient in size and color for a good market apple 

 but may have some value for the home orchard because late in the season 

 it is of fairly pood quality and a considerable portion of the fruit may be 

 held in good condition in cellar storage till summer. For dessert use during 

 June it has been one of the best in quality among a large collection of late- 

 keeping varieties grown at this Station. The tree is a good grower, conies 

 into bearing rather young and is a reliable cropper. 



Historical. This variety was introduced by L. T. Sanders, Collingsburg, 

 La., from whom it was received in 1888 for testing at this Station. Mr. 

 Sanders states that it is a wilding which Captain Joe Winston found in the 

 woods near his residence in Bossier Parish, La., when it was quite small, and 

 transferred to his orchard. It ripens in Louisiana about the middle of Sep- 

 tember. We do not know that the variety is being grown in New York out- 

 side of the orchards at this Station. 



TREE. 



Tree vigorous. Form somewhat upright and spreading, moderately dense. 

 Twigs slender, long; internodes below medium. Bark rather dark reddish- 

 brown with gray scarf-skin, slightly pubescent. Lenticels numerous, small to 

 above medium, conspicuous, usually round, sometimes raised. Buds medium 

 in size or below, narrow, acute, appressed. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit small to medium, quite uniform in shape and size. Form roundish, 

 slightly oblate or sometimes a little conic, symmetrical. Stem variable, often 

 long and slender. Cavity acute or approaching acuminate, medium in depth 

 and width, often covered near the base of the stem with greenish-russet. 

 Calyx small, closed or a little open; lobes slender, recurved. Basin rather 

 abrupt, medium in depth and width, slightly wrinkled. 



Skin thin, tough, smooth, green or eventually more or less yellow, some- 

 times with brownish blush. Dots small to medium, numerous, reddish or 

 greenish-russet or whitish and submerged. 



Calyx tube medium in size, narrow, conical to elongated conical or funnel- 

 shape; pistil persistent. Stamens below median to above. 



Core distant, small, axile or nearly so ; cells symmetrical, closed or a little 

 open; core lines meeting the limb of the calyx tube or clasping the funnel 

 cylinder. Carpels narrow, roundish ovate, slightly tufted. Seeds below 

 medium to small, plump, moderately acute to acuminate, light colored. 



Flesh nearly white with green or yellow tinge, fine, sprightly, rather crisp, 

 moderately tender, juicy, aromatic, agreeable mild subacid, good. 



Season for home use January to the last of June. 



