40 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit large or very large. Form roundish conic flat at the base, varying 

 to oblate conic, regular or somewhat ribbed, symmetrical. Stem below 

 medium to long, rather slender to moderately thick. Cavity large, acumi- 

 nate or acute, very deep, broad, symmetrical, russeted and with outspread- 

 ing rays of greenish-russet. Calyx medium to rather large, usually some- 

 what open ; lobes medium in width and length, acute. Basin narrow to 

 medium in width, moderately deep to deep, abrupt, smooth or slightly 

 wrinkled. 



Skin thick, tough, smooth, waxy, clear greenish-yellow or whitish, mottled, 

 marbled and blushed with bright red over nearly the whole surface with 

 wide broken stripes of carmine radiating from the cavity, overspread with 

 thin bloom. Dots whitish or pale russet. Prevailing effect bright red. 



Calyx tube long, wide, funnel-shape or conical. Stamens median or below. 



Core medium size, somewhat abaxile; cells open or partly closed; core 

 lines somewhat clasping. Carpels broadly ovate or approaching cordate, 

 emarginate. Seeds medium or below, moderately wide, short, thick, plump, 

 obtuse, dark brown. 



Flesh whitish, moderately firm, coarse, tender, juicy, sprightly subacid, 

 fair to good ; suitable for culinary use and market. 



Season late September to November. 



COOPER. 



REFERENCES, i. Horticulturist, 1:339,484. 1847. 2. Mag. Hon., 13:105, 

 200. 1847. 3. Cole, 1849:114. fig. 4. Thomas, 1849:147. 5. Barry, 1851 :283. 

 6. Horticulturist, 6:181. 1851. 7. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 3:104. 1851. 

 fig. 8. Elliott, 1854:127. 9. Gregg, 1857:41. 10. Hooper, 1857:26, 106, 109. 



11. Downing, 1857:130. 12. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1862. 13. Warder, 

 1867:428. fig. 14. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:290. 15. Bailey, An. 

 Hort., 1892:237. 16. Budd-Hansen, 1903:67. 



SYNONYMS. Beauty Red (8, 11). COOPER (i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, n, 



12, 13, 14, 15, 16). Lady Washington (8, n). Seek-No-Further of some, 

 erroneously (8). 



Fruit large, uniform, very attractive, rather light yellow indistinctly 

 streaked with mixed red, mild subacid or nearly sweet, season October to 

 December. The tree is very vigorous, upright spreading. Not recom- 

 mended for planting in New York. 



Historical. This is an old variety of unknown origin. In 1796 it was 

 introduced from Connecticut into Ohio where it has been much esteemed (2). 

 Evidently it has never been cultivated to any considerably extent in this 

 State and is now practically unknown to New York fruit growers. 



CORNELL. 



REFERENCES. i. Downing, 1857:131. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1862. 3. 

 Warder, 1867:716. 4. Thomas, 1875:200. 5. Barry, 1883:337. 6. Lyon, 

 Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:290. 7. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:237. 8. Van 



