134 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



Historical. Originated as a chance seedling on the Mclntosh homestead, 

 Matilda township, Dundas county, Ontario, where Allan Mclntosh began 

 the propagation of this variety in the nursery about 1870 (20). It has 

 been widely disseminated. It is now commonly propagated by nurserymen 

 and its cultivation is on the increase in New York. 



TREE. 



Tree vigorous with numerous, small, slender laterals. Form roundish or 

 spreading. Twigs above medium to short, straight or nearly so, rather 

 slender; internodes long to below medium. Bark bright reddish-brown, 

 lightly streaked with scarf-skin; slightly pubescent. Lenticels quite nu- 

 merous, small, oval or elongated, raised. Buds deeply set in bark, medium to 

 below, plump, obtuse to acute, free, slightly pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit above medium, sometimes large, pretty uniform in shape and size. 

 Form roundish to somewhat oblate, regular or faintly ribbed, obscurely 

 angular. Stem short, stout or moderately slender, usually not exserted, often 

 with irregular protuberances. Cavity large, acuminate or somewhat acute, 

 wide, medium in depth, somewhat broadly furrowed, often partly russeted. 

 Calyx small, closed or partly open ; lobes short to long, narrow, acute. Basin 

 pubescent, rather small, medium in depth, narrow, abrupt, smooth or ob- 

 scurely furrowed. 



Skin thin, moderately tender, smooth, readily separating from the flesh, 

 clear whitish-yellow or greenish washed and deeply blushed with bright 

 red and striped with carmine; highly colored specimens become dark, almost 

 purplish-red with the carmine stripes obscure or obliterated, overspread with 

 thin, lilac bloom. Often the effect of the deep red is heightened by lively 

 contrast with one or more spots of the clear pale yellow ground color where 

 some twig or leaf pressed closely against the growing fruit. Dots whitish 

 or yellow, usually very small. 



Calyx tube short, conical or funnel-shape with broad limb. Stamens 

 median to basal. 



Core medium size, usually abaxile; cells usually wide open; core lines 

 nearly meeting. Carpels roundish to elliptical, narrowing toward base and 

 apex, smooth, much concave. Seeds medium brown, rather large, acute. 



Flesh white or slightly tinged with yellow, sometimes veined with red, 

 firm, fine, crisp, tender, very juicy, characteristically and agreeably aromatic, 

 perfumed, sprightly, subacid, becoming mild and nearly sweet when very 

 ripe, very good to best for dessert. 



Season October to December or later. 



McLELLAN. 



REFERENCES, i. Leavenworth, Horticulturist, 2:26. 1847. fig. 2. Thomas, 

 1849:169. 3. Cole, 1849:125. 4. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 3:67. 1851. 5. 

 Hovey, Mag. Hort., 20:508. 1854. fig. 6. Elliott, 1854:147. 7. Downing, 

 1857:87. 8. Hooper, 1857:57. 9. Warder, 1867:726. 10. Am. Pom. Soc. 



