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developed has revealed high dessert quality, some of them show dis- 

 tinct improvement in this particular. 



Among the most promising hardy sorts thus developed is the 

 Patten, which was grown from seed of Oldenburg planted by Mr. C. 

 G. Patten, at Charles City. Iowa, in 1869. Mr. Patten named the 

 variety Patten's Greening, and introduced it in 1885, since which time 

 it has been widely disseminated through the States of the upper 

 Mississippi Valley and throughout the adjacent portions of the 

 Dominion of Canada. Its vigorous and sturdy tree, coupled with 

 regular and sufficient productiveness in climates too severe for most 

 varieties, and its longer keeping quality than most of the hardy 

 sorts, render it increasingly popular in those regions. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Form roundish oblate, slightly ribbed; size large; cavity regular, 

 of medium size and depth, with gradual slope, russeted; stem of 

 medium length, stout, downy; basin regular, of medium size and 

 depth and gradual slope, sometimes slightly russeted and leather 

 cracked ; calyx segments rather broad, converging ; eye large, closed ; 

 surface smooth; color greenish yellow, with a dull bronze blush on 

 the sunny side, occasional high-colored specimens attaining a brilliant 

 crimson blush : dots scattered, russet or gray, with subcutaneous green 

 bases; bloom whitish; skin rather thick, tenacious^ core roundish 

 oval, of medium size, nearly closed, clasping; seeds plump, medium 

 in size, brown, few ; flesh yellowish, moderately fine grained, breaking, 

 juicy: flavor subacid to rather acid; quality good, especially for culi- 

 nary use. Season October to January in the upper Mississippi Val- 

 ley. The variety is recommended for that region and for those 

 portions of the Rocky Mountain States which experience winter 

 temperatures too low for the standard varieties. 



The specimens illustrated on Plate XLI were grown at the Central 

 Experimental Farm at Ottawa, Canada, and were furnished through 

 the courtesy of Prof. W. T. Macoun, horticulturist. 



BENNETT APPLE. 

 SYNONYM : Bennett Seedling. 



[PLATE XLI I.] 



This promising new member of the well-known Winesap group of 

 apples originated as a seedling in an old fence row on the premises of 

 Mr. S. L. Bennett, Medford, Oreg., about 1883. Mr. Bennett cut 

 scions from the seedling about 1893, which he top-grafted into bearing 

 trees on his place. Fruit of it was exhibited at the Charleston 

 Exposition in 1902, where it was awarded a gold medal, and at the 

 St. Louis Exposition in 1904, where it received a silver medal award. 



