54 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



EARLY RIPE. 



REFERENCES, i. Warder, 1867:717. 2. Downing, 1869:156. 3. Fitz, 1872: 

 151. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1873. 5. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:238. 6. ///. 

 Sta. Bui., 45:320. 1896. 7. Mich. Sta. Bui., 143:200. 1897. 8. Thomas, 

 1897:634. 9. Alwood, Va. Sta. Bui, 130:121. 1901. 10. Kan. Sta. Bui., 

 106:52. 1902. ii. Budd-Hansen, 1903:74. 



SYNONYMS. None. 



Fruit of good medium size, yellowish-green, subacid, good for 

 culinary use. The tree is a good grower, comes into bearing 

 young, and yields full crops in alternate years. 



Historical. The locality of its origin is unknown but it is supposed to have 

 originated in Pennsylvania (2). 



TREE. 



Tree large, vigorous with moderately long, stout branches. Form upright 

 spreading, rather dense, top roundish. Twigs long, stout, curved ; internodes 

 medium. Bark brown tinged with olive-green, lightly streaked with scarf- 

 skin; heavily pubescent. Lenticels scattering, small to medium, oblong, 

 slightly raised. Buds medium size, broad, plump, obtuse, appressed, pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium to above, fairly uniform in size but not in shape. Form 

 roundish oblate somewhat inclined to conic, irregular, broadly ribbed. Stem 

 often bracted, medium in length or short, thick. Cavity acute or approaching 

 acuminate, usually shallow, rather broad, sometimes russeted. Calyx rather 

 small, closed. Basin obtuse, usually very shallow, moderately wide, somewhat 

 wrinkled. 



Skin light yellowish-green. Dots numerous, small, pale gray or russet. 



Calyx tube rather narrow, funnel-form. Stamens median. 



Core medium to rather large, abaxile; cells closed or partly open; core 

 lines clasping. Carpels broadly roundish, emarginate. Seeds medium size, 

 plump, obtuse. 



Flesh white, quite firm, moderately coarse, crisp, tender, juicy, briskly sub- 

 acid, becoming rather mild subacid when fully ripe, fair to good. 



Season August. 



EARLY STRAWBERRY. 



REFERENCES, i. Manning, 1838:46. 2. Downing, 1845:73. fig. 3. Horti- 

 culturist, 1:145. 1846. 4. Mag. Hort., 14:488. 1848. fig. 5. Thomas, 

 1849:139. fig. 6. Cole, 1849:101. fig. 7. Barry, 1851:280. 8. Am. Pom. 

 Soc. Cat., 1852. 9. Elliott, 1854:76. 10. Hooper, 1857:31, 106, 109. 11. 

 Gregg, 1857:36. 12. Horticulturist, 14:425. 1859. 13. Warder, 1867:514. 

 fig. 14. Downing, 1869:157. 15. Fitz, 1872:143, 151, 160. 16. Leroy, 1873: 

 310. figs. 17. Downing, 1881:12 index, app. 18. Wickson, 1889:243. 19. 

 Watts, Tenn. Sta. Bui., 5 78. 1890. 20. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890 : 

 290. 21. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:238. 22. Budd-Hansen, 1903:75. fig. 



