232 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



This variety belongs in the same group with Mabie. The fruit 

 is of good medium size, dark red, with conspicuous, large dots 

 somewhat like those seen on Westfield Seek-No-Further and Blue 

 Pearmain. The flesh is moderately coarse, very tender, rather juicy, 

 sweet, good to very good, for either dessert or culinary uses. In 

 ordinary storage it is in season from October to January, with 

 October as the commercial limit ; in cold storage it may be held 

 till January (4). The tree is a pretty good grower, comes into 

 bearing rather young and yields full crops biennially. It is recom- 

 mended for trial in Central and Eastern New York where a variety 

 of this type is desired either for the home or for the local market. 



Historical. Origin uncertain. It is supposed by some to have originated in 

 Chenango county. Probably it is nowhere grown extensively but it is culti- 

 vated more in Chenango and adjacent counties than in any other region. 

 It is occasionally listed by nurserymen (2). 



TREE. 



Tree moderately vigorous with rather short, rather stocky, crooked 

 branches. Form spreading. Twigs moderately long, rather slender; inter- 

 nodes medium. Bark dull reddish-brown or olive-green, slightly mottled 

 with scarf-skin; pubescent. Lenticels scattering, usually large and elongated. 

 Buds medium size, rather narrow, plump, appressed, acute, pubescent. 

 Leaves medium size, rather broad. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit above medium to medium, fairly uniform in size and shape. Form 

 roundish inclined to conic, somewhat flattened at base, faintly and broadly 

 ribbed. Stem usually short, moderately thick. Cavity moderately deep, 

 medium in width to broad, symmetrical, often lipped, sometimes red and 

 smooth, but often bright yellow russet or greenish-russet overspreads the 

 cavity and radiates irregularly over the base in broken lines and splashes. 

 Calyx small to medium, closed or partly open ; lobes usually short and not 

 separated at base, acute. Basin medium in depth to moderately deep, narrow 

 to wide, somewhat abrupt, slightly wrinkled. 



Skin tough, nearly smooth, yellow, blushed and faintly mottled with 

 rather dull red and marked with numerous, narrow stripes of deeper red. 

 Highly colored specimens are purplish-red with obscure stripes. Dots or 

 flecks conspicuous, gray or russet, becoming smaller and more numerous 

 toward the cavity. 



Calyx tube short, medium size, conical or somewhat funnel-form. Stamens 

 median to basal. 



Core medium to somewhat distant, usually abaxile ; cells closed or partly 

 open; core lines clasping the funnel cylinder. Carpels roundish cordate to 



