472 YEARBOOK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



are its exceptionally vigorous growth of root and top, its large and 

 luxuriant foliage, which enables the tree to carry its full crop up to 

 maturity, and the excellent quality of the fruit, superior in this respect 

 to that of its parent. The only particular in which it does not equal 

 the parent is in its color, which is somewhat less brilliant than that 

 of the old variety. The fruit is sometimes subject to barrel scald in 

 storage when picked before reaching full maturity, being quite simi- 

 lar to the parent in this respect. Taking all important points into con- 

 sideration, the Stayman Winesap appears to be adapted to a wider 

 range of soil and climate than its parent and to be well worthy of 

 testing, both for home use and market, throughout middle latitudes. 

 The specimen shown on PI. LVII was grown by Mr. J. W. Kerr, at 

 Denton, Md., and is fairly representative of the variety as it grows 

 on the Chesapeake Peninsula. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Form roundish conical, with some specimens slightly oblique; size 

 medium to large, averaging considerably larger than Winesap ; sur- 

 face smooth; color greenish yellow, washed and faintly striped with 

 rather dull mixed red, thinly splashed and striped with crimson; dots 

 numerous, russet, many aureole; cavity regular, large, deep, russeted; 

 stem short, rather stout; basin regiilar, small, shallow; calyx segments 

 long, narrow, converging, reflexed at tip; eye of medium size, closed; 

 skin moderate!} 7 thick, tenacious; core oval, small to medium, mod- 

 erately open; seeds numerous, plump, brown, of medium size; flesh 

 yellowish, moderately fine-grained, breaking, juicy; flavor sprightly 

 subacid, good to very good. Season winter, keeping well in common 

 storage and apparently well adapted to cold storage. 



The tree is a strong, moderately upright grower, with dark wood 

 and large, health} 7 foliage. It promises to be much longer lived than 

 the parent, and is apparently adapted to regions somewhat farther 

 north than the old Winesap is known to succeed. 



RANDOLPH APPLE. 

 (SYNONYM: " Unknown.") 



[PLATE LVIIL] 



Among the varieties of summer apples tested in the experimental 

 export shipments -conducted b} T the Department of Agriculture in 

 1902, one of the most promising sorts for long-distance shipment was 

 the Randolph. The origin of this variety is not known, its history, 

 so far as ascertained, being as follows: When the late Randolph 

 Peters, of Wilmington, Del., bought the farm near Fariihurst, Del., 

 where he established a nursery about 1869, he found upon it an apple 

 orchard. In this orchard there were one or more trees of a summer 

 apple not recognized by him, which impressed him with its value 

 as a commercial variety because of its firm flesh, sprightly flavor, and 





