THE TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF APPLES. 75 



Variety From Soil 



f small 

 Tree, age sizo< medium vigor lueak, strong, moderate, very strong 



\ large 



^--{^Irf T^igkt Z'£7 <ien.lty dense, mediun.,o,en 



Shoots, length { t'lZ'lulr '^^ 1 fende^"^"'"'" direction | lZ%tg'^,TsceJmg 

 \ meaium \ slender I spreading, ngular 



straightnpss -^ ziozoa curvature j '^fj^Ji'^urved iiit^rnodes sior<, medium, long 



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



(thick (much fine 



medium pubescence \ medium coarse 

 _ thin [tlmi 



Identicals, number /cm, medium, many size small, medium, large 



f oval f white 



I < rour, 



form I roundish colore gray position even, raised 

 [ flattened [ brown 



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



flexibility stiff, medium, flexible pith narrow, medium, mide 



Buds, size medium form ( '"''"," '^^^^' ,°';°'* color hrown, red 

 [large \ oval, slender 



position free, appressed surface pubescent, smooth 



Leaves, Petiole, length long, medium, short size slender, medi^im, stout 

 color green, red surface smooth, pubescent 

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



f very small, medium 

 Blade, size] lTol!,\fedTum:tr^ f°™ ^«'. /^^e./ mid-rib straight, refle.ed 

 [ very large 



^^^^^ { ZrinkleHirumpled o^^^^'^'' °™^' '""'^''' "^^""^ 



.! oroott, rounaea „„„„) oroaa, meaium „„• i. I j- , 



'[narrow ''P^'' [ narrow pomt I medium acute 



[ large acuminate 



general color", J'^^^ llUn ^^^'^ ^°'^°^ green, red 

 position! droomna thicknes=i thick, medium, thin 



f sharply serrate , . , , , 



serratures, nature! serrate, dentate direction! f ""S"?' Jorwara 



1 crenate ^ forward, outward 



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



f deep 

 cuTvatuTe curved, straight depth | viedium upace distinct, indistinct. 

 [ shallow 



sxuface dull, shining icxiure coarse, fine pubescence]? '"' coarse 



^ """ woolly 

 Flower 



Characteristics 



Described by Date 



Maosachusctts Experiment Station Department of Pomology 



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



