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r 857:36. 7. Downing, 1857:78. 8. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1860:50, 240. 9. 

 Warder, 1867:434. fig. 10. Downing, 1869:170. fig. n. Fitz, 1872:153. 

 12. Thomas, 1875:200. 13. Barry, 1883:338. 14. Wickson, 1889:244. 15. 

 Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:290. 16. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:239. 

 17. Budd-Hansen, 1903:81. fig. 



SYNONYMS. FALL WINE (i, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, n, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17). 

 House (10). Hower (10). Musk Spice (10). Ohio Wine (7, 10, 13). 

 Sharpe's Spice (7, 10). Sweet Wine (7, 10). Uncle Sam's Best (7, 10). 

 WINE (2). Wine of Cole (4). 



Fruit medium or above, bright red, attractive ; in season from September 

 to early winter. The tree is of medium size with rather drooping branches, 

 moderately vigorous, healthy, moderately long-lived and yields good to heavy 

 crops biennially. The fruit is apt to drop to a considerable extent before it 

 is fully mature. It is very tender, not a good shipper and not a desirable 

 commercial variety. It is not much valued for culinary use but it is generally 

 esteemed wherever it is known on account of its excellent dessert qualities. 

 It is not recommended for commercial planting in New York. 



Fall Wine should not be confused with Twenty Ounce which in some sec- 

 tions of New York is known under the name of Wine apple. 1 It is also quite 

 distinct from the true Wine which is a large, showy apple that ripens in 

 midautumn and often keeps well through the winter. 2 



Historical. The origin of this variety is unknown. Elliott (4) says that 

 it was introduced into the West from the garden of Judge Jonathan Buel, 

 Albany, N. Y., about 1832. It has been a favorite variety in many parts of 

 the Middle West but has not been extensively cultivated in New York and 

 is now seldom or never planted in this state. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium or above. Form roundish oblate, somewhat ribbed; sides 

 often unequal. Stem medium to rather long. Cavity obtuse to somewhat 

 acute, wide, shallow to moderately deep, sometimes lipped. Calyx small to 

 medium, closed or partly open; lobes long, narrow, reflexed. Basin deep, 

 wide or medium in width, rather abrupt, furrowed. 



Skin clear yellow washed with red which on the exposed cheek deepens to 

 a beautiful bright blush, indistinctly striped with carmine. Dots yellowish- 

 brown or russet. 



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



Core medium, axile ; cells symmetrical, closed or slightly open ; core lines 

 clasping. Carpels broadly roundish, tufted. Seeds medium size, rather wide, 

 acute. 



Flesh tinged with yellow, tender, juicy, aromatic, very mild subacid or 

 almost sweet; very good for dessert but only fair for culinary use. 



Season September to January. 



1 See description of Twenty Ounce, page 227. 



2 See description of Wine apple in Volume I of this Report, page 373. 



