26 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



TREE. 



Tree rather large, moderately vigorous; branches long, moderately stout, 

 crooked; lateral branches numerous and small. Form open, wide-spreading 

 and drooping. Twigs rather short to long, straight, rather stout; internodes 

 below medium to very long. Bark dark brownish-red, mingled with olive- 

 green; somewhat pubescent. Lenticels numerous, conspicuous, small, oblong 

 or roundish. Buds rather large, broad, plump, acute, free, slightly pubescent. 

 Leaves large, broad. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit large. Form usually oblate, sometimes roundish oblate, obscurely 

 ribbed, sometimes with oblique axis; pretty uniform in size and shape. 

 Stem usually short and thick, sometimes rather long. Cavity rather large, 

 acute to acuminate, somewhat furrowed, often irregular, deep, russeted. 

 Calyx large; segments long or very long, acuminate, closed or somewhat 

 open, sometimes separated at the base. Basin abrupt, rather narrow, mod- 

 erately shallow to rather deep, sometimes slightly furrowed. 



Skin dull green or yellowish, sometimes blushed and mottled with rather 

 bright red, and striped with deeper red, roughened with russet flecks, often 

 irregularly overspread with russet. Dots small and gray, mingled with 

 others which are large, irregular and russet. 



Calyx tube large, cone-shape. Stamens median to basal. 



Core medium to small, somewhat abaxile; cells often unsymmetrical, 

 closed or open; core lines slightly clasping. Carpels roundish or obcordate, 

 a little tufted. Seeds apt to be abortive ; when well developed they are long, 

 irregular, obtuse to acute, somewhat tufted. 



Flesh tinged with yellow, firm, somewhat coarse, tender, juicy, crisp, brisk 

 subacid, good to very good. 



Season. Commercial season September to November (17). As grown 

 in Western New York generally some of the fruit may be kept till April. 



BOUGH SWEET, 



This variety is also known as Bough Apple, Large Yellow 

 Bough, Sweet Bough and Summer Sweet Bough. It is listed in 

 the late catalogues of the American Pomological Society 1 as 

 Bough, Sweet but most nurserymen list it as Sweet Bough.- 

 We prefer to recognize the name commonly accepted by nursery- 

 men and accordingly have described the variety under the name 

 Sweet Bough. See page 216. 



BRESKOVKA. 



REFERENCES, i. Schroeder, Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1886-87 :8o. 2. Budd, 

 Can. Hort., 11:246. 1888. 3. Ib., Rural N. Y., 47:692. 1888. 4. Ib., la. 

 Agr. Col. Bui. 1890:17. 5. Ib., la. Sta. Bui., 19:535. 1892. 6. Green, Minn. 



1 Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1897:i2. 



2 Bailey, An. Hort. 1892:23$, 250. 



