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Skin thick, rather tough, dark crimson, largely striped and splashed with 

 purplish-carmine eventually becoming almost black, sometimes having a por- 

 tion of the greenish-yellow ground color exposed. Dots numerous, conspicu- 

 ous, very small, pale or russet. 



Calyx tube rather short, wide, broadly conical. Stamens median to basal. 



Core medium to large, axile; cells closed; core lines meeting or clasping. 

 Carpels roundish to elliptical, rather flat, usually tufted. Seeds rather large, 

 plump, obtuse to acute, moderately light brown. 



Flesh white, sometimes streaked or stained with red, rather coarse, tender, 

 juicy, agreeable mild subacid, very aromatic, good to very good. 



Season last of September to December. 



DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG. 



This variety is often called Duchess or Duchess of Oldenburg, 

 but the name now accepted for it by pomologists is Oldenburg, 

 under which name it is described on page 150. 



DUDLEY. 



REFERENCES, i. Me. Sta. Rpt., 1891 197. 2. U. S. Pom. P.pt., 1891 1390. 

 3. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:245. 4. Munson, Me. Sta. Rpt., 1893:132. 5. Hos- 

 kins, Amer. Card., 14:299. 1893. 6. Munson, Me. Sta. Rpt., 1902:83, 91. 

 7. Budd-Hansen, 1903:71. 8. Macoun, Can. Dcpt. Agr. Rpt., 1903:95. 



SYNONYMS. DUDLEY (2, 6, 8). DUDLEY WINTER (i, 4). DUDLEY Winter 

 (7). Dudley's Winter (6). NORTH STAR (3, 5). North Star (6, 7, 8). 



A very hardy and productive variety which is being planted to 

 a considerable extent in Northern New England. The fruit is 

 pretty large, bright greenish-yellow washed and splashed with red, 

 quite attractive in appearance and good in quality. Munson says 

 that it is perhaps now more widely grown than any other of the 

 newer sorts that have originated in New England. He considers 

 it a valuable acquisition as a winter fruit for northern localities (6). 

 As fruited at Geneva it is in season in September and October, 

 although it may sometimes be kept into the winter. It is recom- 

 mended for trial particularly where a very hardy apple of its season 

 is desired. 



Historical. A seedling of the Oldenburg, which originated with J. W. 

 Dudley, Castle Hill, Aroostook county, Me. (i, 6). A few years ago it was 

 introduced by a Rochester nursery under the name North Star but it was 

 afterward found that this name had already been given to another variety 

 and therefore the name Dudley Winter was retained for it, which, according 

 to the accepted rules of nomenclature is shortened to Dudley. 



