16 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



Historical. Originated about 1830 on the farm of Uhlie Benninger near 

 Slatington, Lehigh county, Pa. In that region it is said to be a good grower 

 and a reliable and abundant cropper (4). 



TREE. 



Tree moderately vigorous with short stout branches. Form spreading, 

 open. Twigs short, curved, stout with large . terminal buds ; internodes 

 medium. Bark clear brownish tinged with olive-green, lightly streaked with 

 scarf-skin ; pubescent. Lenticels conspicuous, quite numerous, medium in 

 size, oblong, not raised. Buds deeply set in bark, medium in size, broad, 

 obtuse, appressed, pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium or above. Form roundish oblate to roundish ovate, some- 

 what irregular; sides unequal. Stem short to medium, rather slender. Cavity 

 acute or approaching acuminate, medium in width, moderately deep to deep, 

 often somewhat russeted. Calyx medium in size, usually closed ; lobes nar- 

 row, acuminate. Basin wide, moderately deep to shallow, smooth or slightly 

 furrowed. 



Skin rather thin, nearly smooth, yellow, blushed and streaked with red. 

 Dots rather small, greenish. 



Calyx tube usually short, wide, conical. Stamens marginal. 



Core medium, abaxile; cells open; core lines slightly clasping or sometimes 

 meeting. 



Flesh whitish tinged with yellow, firm, moderately fine, crisp, rather juicy, 

 mild subacid, good. 



Season late August and September. 



BENONL 



REFERENCES, i. N. E. Farmer, 9 146. 1830. 2. Kenrick, 1832 -.25. 3. Mag. 

 liort., 1:149, 363. 1835. 4. Manning, 1838:49. 5. Mag. Hort., 6:172. 1840. 

 6. Ib., 7:43. 1841. 7. Downing, 1845:70. 8. Hovey, Mag. Hort., 14:17. 1848. 

 fig. 9. Thomas, 1849:136. 10. Cole, 1849:101. u. Emmons, Nat. Hist. 

 N. Y., 3:12. 1851. 12. Hovey, 1 183. 1851. col. pi and fig. 13. Barry, 1851 :27g. 

 14. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1854. 15. Elliott, 1854:122. 16. Mag. Hort., 21:63. 

 1855. 17. Gregg, 1857:35. 18. Hooper, 1857:17, 106, 108. 19. Horticul- 

 turist, 14:425. 1859. 20. Warder, 1867:650. fig. 21. Fitz, 1872:121, 148, 177. 

 22. Hogg, 1884:20. 23. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:288. 24. Bailey, 

 An. Hort., 1892:235. 25. Woolverton, Out. Fr. Stas. An. Rpt., 1:24. 1894. 

 26. Burrill and McCluer, ///. Sta. Bui, 45:314. 1896. 27. Dickens and 

 Greene, Kan. Sta. Bui, 106:51. 1902. 28. Budd-Hansen, 1903:47. fig. 



SYNONYMS. None. 



Benoni is a fine dessert apple, very attractive in appearance and 

 excellent in quality but not large enough to be a good market 

 variety. The tree comes into bearing moderately young and 



