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TREE. 



Tree small, moderately vigorous to vigorous; branches short, moderately 

 stout. Form very spreading and drooping, rather dense. Twigs below 

 medium length to short, almost straight, moderately stout to rather slender; 

 internodes short to medium. Bark brown tinged with clear bright red, with 

 but little or no scarf-skin and but slightly pubescent. Lenticels rather con- 

 spicuous, clear in color, scattering, medium in size, oblong, raised. Buds 

 medium or above, rather prominent, plump, obtuse to acute, free or nearly 

 so, somewhat pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium to large, uniform. Form roundish conic to roundish oblate, 

 symmetrical. Stem long, rather thick. Cavity acute to almost acuminate, 

 rather deep, broad, sometimes lightly russeted, obscurely furrowed. Calyx 

 medium to large, open or partly closed. Basin decidedly abrupt, moderately 

 deep to deep, moderately broad, obscurely furrowed, wrinkled. 



Skin thin, tender, smooth, bright pale yellow or whitish mostly covered 

 with a bright pinkish-red blush striped and splashed with bright carmine and 

 covered with light bloom. Dots scattering, light, small. General appearance 

 red or red striped over contrasting yellow, attractive. 



Calyx tube long, moderately wide, funnel-shape or sometimes conical. 

 Stamens median to marginal. 



Core almost axile, medium or below ; cells closed or partly open ; core lines 

 clasping or nearly so. Carpels broadly elliptical, not emarginate, slightly 

 tufted. Seeds large, wide, long, somewhat flat, obtuse to acute, dull dark 

 brown. 



Flesh tinged with yellow, firm, crisp, nearly fine-grained, tender, very 

 juicy, aromatic, brisk subacid eventually becoming mild, very good. 



Season September and October or sometimes later. 



DYER. 



REFERENCES, i. Kenrick, 1835 :6o. 2. Mag. Hort., 3 -.37. 1837. 3. Downing, 

 1845:83. 4. Horticulturist, 2:289. ^47- 5- Cole, 1849:111. 6. Thomas, 

 1849:153. fig. 7. Barry, 1851:283, 286. 8. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 3:39- 

 1851. 9. Elliott, 1854:75. 10. Hooper, 1857:30. n. Hovey, Mag. Hort., 

 27:70. 1861. fig. 12. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1862. 13. Warder, 1867 :639. fig. 

 14. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:290. 15. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:238. 

 16. Hansen, 5. D. Sta. Bui., 76:47. 1902. 17. Budd-Hansen, 1903:72. fig. 



SYNONYMS. Bard Apple (9, n). Beard Burden (9, n). Bullripe (9, 11). 

 Coe's Spice (11). DYER (i, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, n, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17). Dyer 

 (4, 5, 7). Golden Spice (9, u). Mygatt's Bergamot (9, n). POMME 

 ROYAL (2). Pomme Royal (6, 8, 9, 10, n, 14, 16, 17). POMME ROYALE 

 (4, 5, 7)- Pomme Royale (3, 13). Pomme Roye (4). Pomme Water 

 (9, n). Pommewater in 111. (13). Smithfield Spice (3, 5, 10, n). Tomp- 

 kins (9, n). White Spice (9, n). Woodstock (i). 



One of the very finest dessert apples but not a good commercial variety (14). 

 The fruit is of medium size, greenish-yellow with a shade of red. The crop 

 does not ripen evenly and it requires more than one picking. It comes in 

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