6 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



narrow, pointed, dark green. The beautiful color of the fruit attracts favor- 

 able attention Fruit below medium, roundish conical, slightly angular; 

 surface greenish-yellow, covered almost wholly with a beautiful dark crim- 

 son, with heavy blue bloom ; dots white, minute ; cavity regular, acute, 

 usually slightly russeted ; stem medium ; basin narrow, very shallow, corru- 

 gated, sometimes flat; calyx closed. Core closed, clasping; tube short, 

 broad ; stamens median, flesh greenish white, with green veins, good. Early 

 winter." 



ANTONOVKA, 



REFERENCES, i. Montreal Hort. Soc. R[>t., 8:28, 70, 130. 1881-82. fig. 

 2. Budd, la. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1882 76. 3. Gibb, Ib., 1883 -.432. 4. Budd, Am. 

 Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1883:71. 5. Ib., la. Agr. Coll. Bui, 1883:22. 6. Ib., 1885:8. 

 7. Van Deman, U. S. Pom. Rpt., 1886:272. fig. 8. Schroeder, Montreal Hort. 

 Soc. Rpt., 1886-87:72. 9. Budd, la. Agr. Coll. Bui., 1890:24. 10. Can. Hort., 

 13:175, 216. 1890. ii. Budd, la. Sta. Bui., 19:537. 1892. 12. Taylor, Me. 

 Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1892:57, 58. 13. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:234. 14. Can. 

 Hort., 16:359. 1893. 15. Ib., 17:289, 290, 291. 1894. 16. Troop, Ind. Sta. Bui, 

 53:124. 1894. J 7- Nat. Nurseryman, 3:32. 1895. 18. Stinson, Ark. Sta. 

 Bui, 43:104. 1896. 19. Hamilton, Can. Hort., 20:412. 1897. 20. Am. Pom. 

 Soc. Cat., 1897:11. 21. Thomas, 1897:286, 626. fig. 22. Budd, la. Sta. Bui, 

 41:66, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74. 1899. 23. Troop, Ind. Sta. Rpt., 1899:79. 24. 

 Macoun, Can. Dcpt. Agr. Rpt., 1899:78. 25. Hansen, 5. D. Sta. Bui, 76:25. 

 1902. fig. 26. Farrand, Mich. Sta. Bui., 205 :43_ 1903. 27. Budd-Hansen, 

 1903:38. fig. 



SYNONYMS. ANTENOVKA (23). ANTONOVKA (i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, n, 

 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27). ANTONOWKA (15, 17). 

 Antony (3, 14). Bcrgamot, 424 (25). Cinnamon (24). German Cahille 

 (24). German Calville, 324 (spurious) (25). No. 224 (25). No. 236 (i, 2, 4. 

 5, 6, 9, 25). Possarts Nalivia (2, 4, 5). Russian Gravcnstcin, 105 (25). 

 26 M (i, 2, 4, 5, 9, 25). Vargul, 277 (25). 



A Russian fruit of no practical value for this state. Hansen (25) de- 

 scribes it as " large, roundish, irregular, obscurely angular ; surface yellow ; 

 dots minute, raised, white, suffused; cavity deep, regular, with radiating, 

 often large patch of russet, stem medium; basin abrupt, corrugated or wavy; 

 calyx closed. Core closed ; cells ovate, slit ; tube funnel-shaped ; stamens 

 median; seeds ten to sixteen, small, pointed, plump, a few imperfect; flesh 

 yellow, juicy, sprightly spicy subacid, good. October." 



APORT. 



REFERENCE, i. Gibb, Montreal Ilort. Soc. Rpt., 8:32. 1881-82. 

 SYNONYMS. None. 



This name is applied to a pretty well defined group of Russian apples. 

 Alexander is the typical variety of this group. 



The name Aport has also been applied to a particular Russian variety which 

 resembles Alexander closely.l 



1 Hansen, S. D. Sta. Bui, 76:26. ipoa. 



