THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. ill 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium size. Form roundish ovate inclined to conic or to oblate conic; 

 sides unequal. Stem long to medium length, rather slender. Cavity acute, 

 usually rather deep, varying to shallow, medium in width, occasionally 

 lipped, sometimes slightly russeted. Calyx small, closed ; lobes medium to 

 long, narrow, acute to acuminate. Basin rather small, moderately shallow 

 to rather deep, narrow to medium in width, somewhat abrupt, ribbed and 

 wrinkled. 



Skin thin, tender, at first greenish-yellow but becoming clear yellow washed 

 and mottled with brownish-red and overlaid with narrow stripes of bright 

 carmine. Dots inconspicuous, greenish, submerged. 



Calyx tube narrow, conical to funnel-form, often with fleshy pistil point 

 projecting into the base. Stamens median. 



Core medium size or above, axile or nearly so ; cells symmetrical, usually 

 closed ; core lines clasping the funnel cylinder. Carpels elongated ovate, 

 tufted. Seeds medium to large, variable in length and width, acute to acu- 

 minate. 



Flesh yellowish, moderately firm, fine, crisp, tender, juicy, sweet, good to 

 very good. 



Season September to December. 



JUDSON. 



REFERENCES, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1899:17. 2. Ib., Rpt., 1901:49. 

 3. Hansen, S. D. Sta. Bui., 76:62. 1902. fig. 4. Budd-Hansen, 1903:108. fig. 

 SYNONYMS. JUDSON (i, 2, 3, 4). Thompson's Seedling No. 29 (3, 4). 



Fruit large, green or yellowish, more or less covered with red, 

 not especially attractive in appearance and only fair to good in 

 quality. Season October to December. Not valuable enough to 

 be worthy of trial in New York except perhaps in those districts 

 where superior hardiness is particularly desirable. 



Historical. Originated in Grundy county, Iowa, by J. S. B. Thompson. 



TREE. 



Tree moderately vigorous with short, moderately stout, somewhat drooping 

 branches. Form open, roundish to spreading. Twigs above medium to 

 short, somewhat curved, medium to stout, rather pubescent with large ter- 

 minal buds ; internodes medium or below. Bark brown or reddish-brown 

 tinged with olive-green, heavily coated with gray scarf-skin ; pubescent. 

 Lenticels quite numerous, rather conspicuous, medium or below, round or 

 irregularly elongated, not raised. Buds prominent, large to medium, broad, 

 plump, obtuse, free or nearly so, pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit large or very large, fairly uniform in size but not in shape. Form 

 roundish conical or a little inclined to oblong, indistinctly ribbed, irregular; 



