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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



cavity regular, obtuse, often russeted; stem medium; basin smooth, 

 wide, shallow or medium depth; calyx closed; segments flat con- 

 vergent. Core closed; cells ovate, axile ; tube funnel-shaped ; stamens 

 marginal; seeds few, short, plump; flesh yellow, fine-grained, firm, 

 juicy, mild, pleasant, saccharine, subacid, very good. Late winter 

 and spring, even keeping till July. 



Tetofsky (Tetofski). Origin, Russia; tree hardy, very upright, 

 an early annual bearer. Dowling's spelling Tetofsky is usually pre- 

 ferred to Warder's version Tetofski. 



Fruit medium or below, oblate to roundish oblate, somewhat 

 conical, angular; surface smooth, yellow, striped and splashed w T ith 

 bright crimson, marbled and mixed on sunny side, overlaid with 

 heavy whitish bloom, a handsome fruit; cavity wide, obtuse, regular; 

 stem short to medium; basin shallow, much corrugated and ribbed; 



Tetofsky. 



calyx closed; segments large. Core large, closed, clasping; cells 

 o^ovate or round, slit; tube broad, long, funnel-shaped; stamens 

 median; seeds plump; flesh white, juicy, sprightly acid, good. August. 



Titovka (Titus Riga). Origin, Russia. A large, beautifully 

 colored apple, following Oldenburg in season. 



Fruit large, oblong, truncated, regular; surface smooth, very 

 unctuous, yellow, mostly covered with fine marbled red, with carmine 

 splashes and stripes; dots minute, white, obscure, few; cavity very 



