90 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



curved, moderately stout; internodes medium or below. Bark clear reddish- 

 brown mingled with olive-green, lightly streaked with scarf-skin; pubescent 

 near tips. Lenticels clear brownish, conspicuous, quite numerous, medium or 

 above, roundish, raised. Buds medium to large, prominent, broad, plump, 

 obtuse, free or nearly so, slightly pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit large or very large, very uniform in size and shape. Form roundish 

 oblate to somewhat conical, regular or sometimes elliptical. Stem short to 

 above medium, moderately thick. Cavity acuminate to acute, deep, wide, 

 often somewhat compressed, smooth and green or sometimes russeted, sym- 

 metrical or gently furrowed, sometimes lipped. Calyx above medium to very 

 large, usually somewhat open disclosing the yellow calyx tube; lobes sepa- 

 rated at the base, rather long, often leafy, acute to acuminate. Basin often 

 oblique, large, medium in depth and width to deep and rather wide, abrupt, 

 usually somewhat furrowed. 



Skin thick, tough, waxy, greenish-yellow becoming clear bright yellow when 

 fully mature, washed and mottled with bright red and striped and splashed 

 with carmine, except in highly-colored specimens the yellow predominates. 

 Dots numerous, small to rather large, pale gray or russet, often areolar or 

 whitish and submerged. 



Calyx tube rather large, wide at the top, conical or approaching funnel- 

 form. Stamens nearly basal to above median. 



Core small to medium, axile or somewhat abaxile with hollow cylinder in 

 the axis ; cells symmetrical, closed or partly open ; core lines clasping. 

 Carpels broadly roundish to ovate, emarginate, often tufted. Seeds mod- 

 erately numerous, moderately dark brown, often abortive, medium size, mod- 

 erately wide, obtuse to acute. 



Flesh whitish, slightly tinged with yellow, rather firm, medium to rather 

 coarse, crisp, tender, juicy, sprightly subacid, a little aromatic, good or some- 

 times very good. 



Season September to January. 



GRUNDY. 



REFERENCES, i. Hansen, S. D. Sta. Bui, 76:56. 1902. 2. Budd-Hansen, 

 1903 -.95. 3. Jewell Nursery Co. Cat., 1903 -.7. 4. Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 

 56:133- 1905- 



SYNONYMS. GRUNDY (i, 2, 3, 4). Thompson Seedling No. 38 (i, 2, 3, 4). 



Fruit large, regular, subacid, yellow marbled with red. Season September 

 and October. Tree vigorous, spreading, productive. Originated from seed 

 taken from New York to Grundy county, Iowa, by Mrs. J. S. B. Thompson in 

 1861. It has received favorable notice as a hardy variety in that region, but 

 has not been sufficiently tested in this state to determine its value here (2). 



