212 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



An amateur fruit which when perfect is beautiful and of mild, rich, excel- 

 lent flavor (26). The tree being of slender, slow growth in the nursery 

 is not a favorite with nurserymen and although it makes a large productive 

 tree in the orchard it is not profitable as a market variety (22). It is de- 

 sirable for family use because the fruit is suitable both for culinary and 

 dessert purposes and the crop ripens in succession through a period of nearly 

 two months. 



There is also another Summer Pearmain or English Summer Pearmain 

 which ripens somewhat later. 1 



Historical. Supposed to be of American origin. It is an old variety; first 

 described in 1817 by Coxe. 



FRUIT (n, 14, 22, 23). 



Fruit of medium size. Form variable, oblong or roundish inclined to conic, 

 sometimes oblate. Stem medium to long. Cavity deep, acute, regular. 

 Calyx large, open or closed. Basin medium size, abrupt, slightly wrinkled. 



Skin smooth, greenish-yellow, more or less covered with dull purplish-red, 

 marbled, splashed and striped with brighter red. Dots minute. 



Core medium to small, roundish ; cells closed. Seeds small, pointed. 



Flesh yellowish, very fine, tender, almost melting, juicy, aromatic, crisp, 

 mild subacid, best. 



Season August and September. 



SUMMER QUEEN. 



REFERENCES, i. M'Mahon, Amer. Card. Cat., 1806:584. 2. Coxe, 1817: 

 102. 3. Thacher, 1822:133. 4. Buel, N. Y. Bd. Agr. Mem., 1826:476. 5. 

 Wilson, 1828:136. 6. Kenrick, 1832:28. 7. Manning, 1838:46. 8. Downing, 

 1845:77. 9. Hovey, Mag. Hori., 14:489. 1848. fig. 10. Thomas, 1849:141. 



11. Cole, 1849:103. 12. Barry, 1851:282. 13. Waring, 1851:28. 14. Em- 

 mons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 3:14. 1851. 15. Elliott, 1854:158. 16. Hooper, 

 1857:88, 107. 17. Gregg, 1857:39. 18. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1860:240. 19. 

 Warder, 1867:545. fig. 20. Downing, 1869:370. fig. 21. Fitz, 1872:143, 

 161. 22. ///. Hort. Soc. Rft., 1874:295. 23. Wickson, 1889:243. 24. Lyon, 

 Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:298. 25. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:250. 26. Budd- 

 Hansen, 1903:183. fig. 



SYNONYMS. Lancaster Queen (15, 20). Polecat (20). QUEEN (3, 13). 

 Queen (6). Sharfic's Early (20). SUMMER QUEEN (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, n, 



12, 14, 15, T 6, 17, 1 8, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26). Summer Queen (3, 13). 

 SWEET'S HARVEST (i). Sweet's Harvest (3, 4, 6). Swell's Harvest (2). 



A striped red apple of good size and excellent quality for culinary use, in 

 season during late summer. In regions farther west it is a very popular 

 variety for home use and is also considered by some desirable for market. 

 The tree is a moderate grower with rather spreading habit and productive, 

 yielding good crops almost annually. 



Historical. This is an old variety which is supposed to have originated in 

 this country (4, 19, 26). It is commonly listed by nurserymen in most parts 



1 Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. Bui., 66:300. 1905. 



