180 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



Calyx tube long, funnel-form. Stamens median to marginal. 



Core small, somewhat abaxile; cells closed or somewhat open; core lines 

 clasping or sometimes nearly meeting. Carpels broadly ovate or obovate, 

 slightly tufted. Seeds small, moderately wide, plump, obtuse. 



Flesh white often strongly tinged with red, rather fine, crisp, tender, juicy, 

 brisk subacid, aromatic, sometimes slightly astringent, good to very good. 



Season late July to September. 



RED GRAVENSTEIN* 



REFERENCES, i. Leroy, 1873:339. fig. 2. Can. Hort., 16:362. 1893. 3- 

 Lucas, Ed., ///. Handb. der Obstk., 1893:250. 



SYNONYMS. GRAVENSTEIN ROUGE (i). RED GRAVENSTEIN (2, 3). Rather 

 Gravensteiner (i). 



Bud sports of the Gravenstein have appeared at different times which bear 

 red fruit. For a statement concerning such sports the reader is referred 

 to Gravenstein, page 84. 



RED HOOK. 



This is a large, late summer or early autumn apple which is being grown 

 commercially to a limited extent in the vicinity of Red Hook, Dutchess 

 county, N. Y. W. S. Teator, of Upper Red Hook, who furnished us with 

 the fruit from which the following description was made, states that the 

 variety originated in his locality and has been known under the name of 

 Red Ox or Striped Ox. As the name Striped Ox has been applied to other 

 varieties he proposes the name Red Hook for this apple. The tree is large, 

 low branching and an annual cropper yielding heavy crops. The fruit is 

 firm, smooth, bright, attractive, quite free from the attacks of fungi and 

 good for culinary use but when overripe it becomes dry and worthless. It 

 stands shipment well and is one of the earliest fruits of that locality that 

 can be shipped to Europe. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit large to very large. Form roundish to roundish conic, somewhat 

 elliptical, symmetrical, sometimes faintly ribbed. Stem short, thick to rather 

 slender. Cavity acuminate, deep, broad, gently furrowed, smooth or partly 

 russeted. Calyx medium to rather small, partly closed; lobes broad, obtuse 

 to acute. Basin rather small, moderately deep, narrow to medium in width, 

 abrupt. 



Skin tough, attractive pale yellow, rather thinly mottled and blushed with 

 lively red, and sparingly striped and splashed with bright carmine. Dots 

 rather small, numerous, whitish or with russet center. 



Calyx tube elongated funnel-shape approaching conical. Stamens median. 



Core medium or below, axile or nearly so ; cells pretty symmetrical, closed ; 

 core lines clasping the cylinder. Carpels broadly roundish. Seeds rather 

 dark brown, medium size, irregular, obtuse. 



Flesh firm, coarse, tender, juicy, sprightly subacid, good. 



Season late summer or early autumn. 



