124 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



It is now frequently listed by nurserymen (20) and is being planted to a 

 limited extent in various parts of the state, but it has not yet come to be 

 commonly known among New York fruit growers. 



TREE. 



Tree medium in size with short, moderately stout, crooked branches and 

 drooping laterals filled with small spurs. Form roundish or spreading, dense, 

 rather low. Twigs medium in length, curved, moderately stout; terminal 

 buds large ; internodes short. Bark dark brown, lightly streaked with scarf- 

 skin ; pubescent. Lenticels scattering, medium size, oval, not raised. Buds 

 medium size, broad, plump, obtuse, free, slightly pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium to small, usually below medium ; uniform in size and shape. 

 Form roundish conic, slightly ribbed. Stem medium to short, rather slender. 

 Cavity acuminate to acute, medium to rather deep, narrow, quite symmetrical, 

 usually slightly russeted. Calyx small, leafy, closed or partly open; lobes 

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

 in depth, narrow, somewhat abrupt, slightly furrowed and wrinkled. 



Skin thin, tender, smooth, glossy, pale waxen yellow or whitish usually 

 with a lively pinkish blush but not striped. Dots few, small, inconspicuous, 

 whitish, usually submerged. Prevailing effect attractive bright pale yellow 

 partly blushed with lively red. 



Calyx tube narrow and elongated, often extending to the core. Stamens 

 basal to median. 



Core medium to above, axile or nearly so; cells symmetrical, not uni- 

 formly developed, closed or partly open; core lines clasping the funnel 

 cylinder. Carpels roundish, slightly emarginate. Seeds rather large, mod- 

 erately dark brown, long, acute approaching acuminate. 



Flesh nearly white, fine, crisp, very tender, juicy, subacid, sprightly, 

 aromatic, good to very good. 



Season September to October or later. 



LONG ISLAND PEARMAIN. 



REFERENCES, i. Coxe, 1817:144. fig. 2. Warder, 1867:682. 3. Downing, 

 1869 :25S. 



SYNONYMS. Autumn Pearmain (2). Hollow Crown Pearmain (3). LONG 

 ISLAND PEARMAIN (i, 2, 3). Winter Pearmain (2). 



This is an old variety which Coxe (i) thus describes: "A handsome large 

 apple, of an oblong form, about the size of a Priestly the stem is short, 

 not deeply planted ; the crown large and hollow ; the skin streaked with large 

 blotches of red on a rich yellow ground, with faint russet spots the flesh 

 is tender, coarse and pleasant, partaking of that dryness characteristic of all 

 the varieties of the pearmain it ripens in October and keeps till March." 

 Downing (3) states that it has sometimes been confused with Winter Pear- 

 main which is an entirely different fruit. So far as we can discover, Long 

 Island Pearmain is now obsolete in New York. 



