THE TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF APPLES. 75 



Variety From Soil 



[ small 

 Tree, age sizej medium vigor weak, strong, moderate, very strong 

 [ large 



forniM"' , """^ „ spreading density dense, medium, open 

 [rotind upright drooping ■' ' ' '^ 



Shoots, length [ tZit''' «i-e | ''Z'lT'^''''" direction \ lZllfng'',ZSing 



\ medium ' \ slender 

 , I straight ^,„.,,^.„^^l curved 



spreading, regular 



straightness < IL^J^„ curvature, ^w''ci,r»prf internodes s/ior<, medium, long 



Bark, color green, yellow, orange, red scarf-skin 



f thick (much fine 



snrlaee shining, medium, dull thickness I medium pubescence ] ?racrfi!i»i coarse 



[ thin [thin 



I,enticels, number /eu), medium, many size small, medium, large 



f oval f white 



form< roundish color] gray position even, raised 

 [ ftatteiied \ brown 



Wood, color green, yellow hardness hard, medium, soft 



flexibility stiff, medium, flexible pith narrow, medium, wide 



Buds, size ^ medium ioT-^J -roundish, ovate co\ov brown, red 

 [large \ oval, slender 



position free, appressed surface pubescent, stnoolh 



Leaves, Petiole, length long, medium, short size slender, medium, stout 

 color green, red surface smooth, pubescent 

 Stipules, size small, medium, large form wide, medium, narrow 



f very small, inedium 

 B'-de, sizeJ tZw'^ml^: f°™ •^'"- ^«^^ -'^-rib straight, refle.ed 

 [ very large 



^'''^■^ { Zrinkle7.'iu7npled °"tline oval, ovate, oblong 

 y^s.ei'^oad^jounded .pe.j^,-^^- point | ^i^f.,. S 



large 



X narrow ' ' [narrow 



general color < if ',. ^^f^" vein color green, red 

 " [ dark green " 



position] jClgm-lfa^" ''"'^ thickness thick, medium, thin 



' sharply serrate , „,-.„„;,, f^„.nrd 



serratures, nature j sjrate, dentate direction { Z°2rd,outiTard 



size small, medium, large regularity regular, irregular, double 



f deep 

 c.xiTvatnTe curved, straight depth] medium space distinct, indistinct. 



I shallow 



surface dull, shining textuTe coarse, fine pubescence] , " coarse 



^ '""* woolly 



Flow er 



Characteristics 



Described by Date 



Maosachusetts Experiment Station Department of Pomology 



Fig. 1. — Description blank, for the tree, with terms used. 



