190 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



small to medium, roundish or oval, slightly raised. Buds moderately small 

 to very large and prominent, broad, very plump, acute, free or nearly so, 

 scarcely pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium or sometimes rather large, not very uniform in shape or 

 size. Form usually oblate conic, irregularly elliptical or broadly and ob- 

 scurely angular, often unsymmetrical with sides unequal. Stem medium 

 length to short and stout, pubescent. Cavity medium to rather large, acute 

 or sometimes nearly obtuse, medium in depth to rather deep, rather wide 

 to narrow, somewhat furrowed, occasionally lipped, russeted and often with 

 conspicuous outspreading russet. Calyx above medium to large, open or 

 partly closed; lobes often separated at the base, medium in length, rather 

 broad, acute. Basin medium to large, often oblique, moderately narrow to 

 wide, sometimes compressed, abrupt, furrowed and wrinkled. 



Skin thick, tough, smooth or partly roughened with flecks of russet; color 

 greenish becoming yellow more or less blushed and overspread with thin 

 bloom. Well colored specimens are covered to a considerable extent with 

 pinkish-red, blushed and striped with bright carmine. Dots small, numerous, 

 pale yellow or grayish, sometimes rather conspicuous. 



Calyx tube rather long, wide, funnel-shape. Stamens median. 



Core medium to small, axile or nearly so; cells closed; core lines meeting 

 or slightly clasping. Carpels roundish ovate, somewhat emarginate, slightly 

 tufted. Seeds medium to small, rather short, narrow, plump, obtuse to 

 acute, rather dark brown. 



Flesh yellowish, firm, moderately coarse, juicy, briskly subacid, slightly 

 astringent, fair to good. 



Season September to January (19). 



RONK. 



REFERENCES, i. Rural N. Y., 48:279. 1889. fig. .2. Lyon, Mich. Sta. Bui., 

 143 :20i. 1897. 3. Farrand, Ib., 205 146. 1903. 4. Beach and Clark, N. Y. 

 Sta. Bui., 248:142. 1904. 



SYNONYMS. None. 



Fruit of the Vandevere type, medium or above, rather dull red, pleasant 

 subacid, good; season October to late winter. Commercial limit in ordinary 

 storage January (4). The tree comes into bearing rather young and is 

 moderately productive. It has not been sufficiently tested to determine its 

 value for this state. 



Historical Originated about 1860 with Mr. Ronk, Boone county, Indiana. 

 It is supposed to be a seedling of Vandevere which it much resembles (i). 



ROSE RED, 



REFERENCES, i. Rural N. Y., 1871 (cited by 5). 2. Downing, 1872:30 app. 

 fig. 3. Thomas, 1875:511. 4. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:296. 5. 

 Ragan, U. S. P. B. I. Bui, 56 :267. 1905. 



SYNONYMS. Autumn Rose (4). ROSE RED (i, 2, 3, 4, 5). 



