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basin regular, medium in size, variable in depth from shallow to deep, 

 depending upon the region where grown, slope gradual, slightly furrowed; 

 calyx segments medium, converging; eye large, open or partially closed; 

 surface smooth with a. rather waxen appearance; color greeniph yellow with 

 blush of light red, deepening to rose on exposed side, sometimes covering 

 a considerable portion of the surface; dots on surface few, irregular, medium 

 in size, color brownish, but many whitish dots rather large in size showing 

 indistinctly beneath the surface of the skin; skin medium thick, tenacious, 

 bloom very slight, bluish; flesh yellowish; texture medium fine, tender, 

 breaking, moderately juicy; core conical, clasping, large, open; seeds plump, 

 large, brown, numerous; flavor mild subacid, slightly aromatic; quality 

 good to very good; season winter. 



The tree grows well in both the nursery and the orchard; 

 comes into bearing quite young; is prolific under reasonably 

 favorable conditions, and hardy according to the orig- 

 inator enduring winter conditions in 1885 which destroyed 

 most other varieties. 1 



Since its introduction this variety has been quite widely 

 disseminated, especially in Ohio, in Indiana, in Michigan, 

 and to a limited extent in Iowa. It has been planted rather 

 extensively in some of the apple districts of the Pacific 

 Northwest . As a commercial variety it appears to be 

 growing in popularity .in the northern and northwestern 

 apple districts. 



The specimen illustrated in Plate VII was grown in 1913 

 by Mr. C. H. Whittum, Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Mich. 



MCCROSKEY APPLE. 



[PLATE VIII.] 



EARLY HISTORY. 



The McCroskey apple originated from seed of either a 

 Winesap or a Limbertwig apple which was planted about 

 25 years ago by the late H. M. McCroskey at his place near 

 Glenloch, about 6 miles east of Sweetwater, Monroe County, 

 Tenn. The exact year is uncertain, but the tree bore its 

 first crop of fruit in 1895. 2 



The name " McCroskey," in honor of the originator, was 

 suggested early in 1896 by Prof. R. L. Watts, then horti- 

 culturist of the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, 3 

 and under that name the variety was described and illustrated 



1 Letter from the Greening Nursery Co., November, 1913. 



2 Letter from H. M. McCroskey, July. 1898. 



3 Letter from Prof. Watts, February, 1896. 



