80 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 159. 



Apple, name 



c- I very small below medium above medium very large uniformitv I '^''■*/'"""* 



^'^\ small medium large extremely large '[not uniform 



cross-sectionl^^ar' ^^^^ ^^^{Z:iual -^^^^-^^y [T^'^nlform 



[pentagonal 



^olor{^X::'. -er-color{-f;-;-- amount. % 



J. ... i blushed, streaked . j dense, irregular 



disposition -|^ TOO<i!?ed, striped, splashed ru»set| ^/^-^^ scattered 



I much I ^^^ 



Bloom, amount ■{ medium kind-, „_ •„ 



I little - ^'^*"*^ 



, , . , I f h '\ ^^ooth shining 



Skin, thickness! '^-^^.„^_ ,^.^ texture{ fj^^f„,„^ ,^„^^, surface ro.aA du« 



many 



T-> i f conspicuous, obscure -u "'"y? . f minute, small („^^ j round, stellate 



Dots{ TncoJpicuous number j medium size^ medium, large f°™ i angular, areolar 



, , ., , J. i .] i. {uniform „; ^^j sunken, even 



color «;fti(e, gray, ftrow^ distribution | ngi\,nifo^n prominence j ^^-^^^^ submerged 



i-y -^ J ^u i deep, medium ,^^^-,.,jwide,mediu7n ■,' abrupt, steep 



Cavity, depth I ^^J/^^ breadth | „^^^^j„ ^'"^^^ \ flariyig 



f rountZ 



vertical outline { «----|:,, cross-section °-',^,,„, -arkingsj ;-f 



1 pentagonal 



f 'o"? ( stout, clubbed \ straight , ^oj(,,j i smooth 



Stem, length tnedium size] medium direction^ inclined color I surface] pubesct 



[ short [ slender [ curved '• " ^ '^ 



Basin, depth as with cavity breadth sides 



,. .,, ., ,. f wavy, ribbed „ i • / leather 



vertical outline as with cavity cross-section < mJ^j^ markings j g^Q^Aerf 



Calyx, open, closed size small, medium, large surface smooth, pubescent 

 Calyx segments.size{^-«f,^,^_ ^„,^, iorm{'^^^'^ position | 0^^^ 



(short (wide if„^„.r.f^,.,„ {^^sal 



isnori iwiae k funnel form iwuoui, Inresen 



Tube.length < medium breadth Imedium formV • •' stamens \median pistil point „j,j..,j, 



(fong [narrow (<-"«"• [marginal 



. .. [ small • f sessile f oblate, oval f distant 



ore< °P •; size| »HerfiitOT position] merfian form | rouredis/i core-lines ■( wicc/ireff 



I, abaxite ^ ^^^.^^ ^ distant ( oblong, ovate [ clasping 



Cells opera, ctosed size small, medium, large symmetry symmetrical, unsymmetrical 

 elliptical 



°^^°'^S \ acute, obtuse ,„.■ ,-, I little 



°,^ apex \ mucronate surface f"i*'^^' *"' concavity medium 



"'"' [emarginate ^ '"•''^'^ [great 



Carpels, form 



roundish 

 obovate 



[ plump I small f brown 



Seeds, number /eu), mow!/ condition] medium size] mediu/zt color i olive 



[ shriveled [ large [ gray 



f roundish, oval . -j. j. i i- / long, obtuse, acute 

 cross-section | J^^,,;;;^ ' longitudinal section | ^^^^;_ acu»ii«a<e 



Axis, length toreff, medium, short direction straight, inclined 



f J- buttery 



T,, , , , ■. 77 * t ) J- melting, firm :„:„^ I little 



Flesh, color ivhite, yellow, green texture medium ^^g^king ^"^'""^X medium, much 



^'^«'""«« crisp 



_, • 7 I -J . i-i / poor good excellent 



Flavor acid, siib-acid, sweet Quality | ^^^^^.^^^^ very good best 



Remarks 



Specimens from Described by Date 



Massachusetts Experiment Station Department of Pomology 



Fig. 2. — Description blank for the fruit, with terms used. 



