TOO THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



Historical. Received from the Wisconsin Experiment Station in 1896 for 

 testing at this Station. 



TREE. 



Tree moderately vigorous. Form upright spreading when young. Twigs 

 short, straight, stout; internodes medium. Bark brown and reddish-brown, 

 lightly streaked with scarf-skin, slightly pubescent. Lenticels scattering, 

 medium size, round, not raised. Buds medium to large, broad, plump, obtuse, 

 free, pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit above medium to large, sometimes very large. Form roundish oblate 

 inclined to conic, a little angular ; sides unequal. Stem short, thick to slen- 

 der. Cavity acute to obtuse, deep, broad, pretty symmetrical, thinly and 

 irregularly russeted. Calyx rather large, closed or partly open; lobes long, 

 broad, acute to obtuse. Basin deep to medium in depth, rather narrow to 

 moderately wide, abrupt, slightly furrowed. 



Skin moderately thick, tough, attractive yellow or greenish-yellow largely 

 overspread with rather light bright red, mottled and irregularly striped and 

 splashed with carmine. Dots inconspicuous, small, submerged, pale. 



Calyx tube variable, short, rather wide, funnel-shape, sometimes broadly 

 conical with core lines meeting. Stamens median to nearly marginal. 



Core medium size, abaxile; cells open; core lines meeting or slightly clasp- 

 ing. Carpels broadly cordate or elliptical, slightly tufted. Seeds medium or 

 below, wide, moderately long, usually plump, rather obtuse, dark colored. 



Flesh tinged with yellow, pretty firm, a little coarse, crisp, tender, very 

 juicy, brisk subacid, good. 



Season late September to November. 



HOG ISLAND SWEET. 



REFERENCES, i. Downing, 1857:152. 2. Warder, 1867:721. 3. Downing, 

 1872:10 index, app. 4. Thomas, 1875:502. 5. Lyon, Mich. Hart. Soc. Rpt., 

 1890 :2Q2. 



SYNONYMS. HOG ISLAND SWEET (i, 2, 3, 4, 5). Sweet Pippin (i). Van 

 Kleek's Sweet (3). 



A beautiful and excellent sweet apple in season from September to early 

 winter. It is an old variety which had its origin on Hog Island, near Long 

 Island, N. Y. (i). It is but little known. The tree is vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium to large, pretty uniform. Form roundish conical to oblate, 

 broad at the base, regular or obscurely ribbed. Stem short to medium, mod- 

 erately thick. Cavity acute, deep, rather broad, heavily russeted and with 

 outspreading russet rays. Calyx medium to large, closed or partly open ; 

 lobes short, broad, acute. Basin shallow to medium in depth, narrow to 

 moderately wide, abrupt, broadly furrowed. 



Skin thick, rather tough, somewhat roughened with flecks and patches of 

 russet, pale yellow or greenish washed and mottled with red overlaid with 



