CORTLAND 



DELICIOUS 



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yellow, very firm, coarse, tender, juicy, brisk subacid ; 

 fair to good ; January to June. 



CORTLAND. The fruits of Cortland are 

 so similar to those of Mclntosh that the two 

 varieties are certain to be confused, but each is 

 distinct and the differences are all in favor of 

 Cortland so that the apple is better than that 

 of Mclntosh, impossible as it may seem. The 

 fruits of Cortland ripen a little later than those 

 of Mclntosh, keep longer, are larger, and 

 brighter in color. The shape, taste, and flesh- 

 characters of the two are almost identical. The 

 trees are much the same. Cortland is an im- 

 proved Mclntosh and as such is sought for in 

 New York and New England where Mclntosh 

 is chiefly grown. The variety is a cross be- 

 tween Ben Davis and Mclntosh made at the 

 New York Agricultural Experiment Station in 

 1898. The variety was distributed in 1915 and 

 now promises to be a close competitor or to 

 take the place of Mclntosh where the latter 

 is grown. 



COX ORANGE. Cox's Orange Pippin. 

 Beautiful to sight and delicious in taste, Cox 

 Orange is one of the choicest of apples. Un- 

 fortunately, though the fruits attain the same 

 perfection here as in Europe, the trees in 

 America are unthrifty and unfruitful on stand- 

 ard stocks, and must be given special care on 

 a dwarfing stock. The variety is said to have 

 originated in 1830 from seed of Ribston, at 

 Colnbrook Lawn, Bucks, England. Introduced 

 in America as early as 1850, it is as yet found 

 but sparingly on the Atlantic seaboard. 



Tree medium or above, vigorous, upright, thickly 

 branched, dense, with slender branches. Leaves small 

 and narrow. Fruit medium or large, uniform in size 

 and shape, round-oblate, sometimes conic, regular or 

 faintly ribbed, symmetrical, axis sometimes oblique ; 

 stem obliquely inclined, short, thick, sometimes long ; 

 cavity obtuse, shallow, narrow, often russeted ; calyx 

 small, closed or open ; basin shallow and obtuse to deep 

 and abrupt, narrow, smooth or furrowed ; skin thin, 

 tough, smooth, washed with orange-red deepening to 

 bright' red and mottled and splashed with carmine over 

 a deep yellow background ; dots conspicuous, large, 

 areolar with pale gray or russet center ; calyx-tube 

 cone-shaped ; stamens median ; core of medium size, 

 abaxile ; cells usually symmetrical, open or closed ; core- 

 lines clasping the funnel cylinder ; carpels thin, obovate 

 to obcordate, emarginate, smooth ; seeds reddish-brown, 

 large, wide, obtuse, often abortive ; flesh yellow, firm, 

 fine, crisp, tender, very juicy, rich, sprightly subacid, 

 aromatic ; very good to best ; late September to January. 



CRANBERRY PIPPIN. The large size, 

 bright color, uniform shape, good keeping 

 qualities, and pleasant flavor of the fruit, with 

 hardiness of tree and resistance to scab, make 

 Cranberry Pippin an excellent apple for some 

 localities. Unfortunately the trees do not 

 bear young in some situations, and are capri- 

 cious in bearing at all times, so that its local 

 adaptabilities should always be determined 

 before planting. Cranberry Pippin originated 

 near Hudson, New York, sometime previous 

 to 1845, when Downing first set forth its merits. 

 Its culture is confined to New York, New 

 England, and the adjoining parts of Canada. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading ; branches stout. 

 Leaves dark green, large. Fruit large, round-oblate, 

 symmetrical ; stem short ; cavity broad, wavy ; calyx 



closed or open ; basin deep, russeted ; skin smooth, 

 shining, light yellow, blushed, striped and splashed with 

 scarlet ; dots many, large, often red-areolar with russet 

 center ; flesh yellow, juicy, mild subacid ; good to very 

 good ; October to February. 



DEACON JONES. The fruits of Deacon 

 Jones are of large size and when well colored 

 are handsome, the yellow ground-color being 

 overlaid with an attractive red, relieved with 

 numerous prominent dots. The apples hang 

 exceptionally well to the tree, there is almost 

 no waste from windfalls and culls, and they 

 are uniform in size and shape. The quality is 

 much better than that of Ben Davis, but hardly 

 as good as that of Baldwin. A tough skin and 

 firm texture make the apples good shippers. 

 The tree in nursery and in orchard is most 

 thrifty, comes into bearing young, is very pro- 

 ductive, and is an annual bearer. The variety 

 originated in Pennsylvania some time previous 

 to 1890. It is now grown only in New York. 



Tree vigorous, upright-spreading ; branchlets willowy, 

 long, slender, drooping. Fruit large to very large, 

 uniform in size, round-conic to oblong-conic, ribbed, 

 axis sometimes oblique ; stem short ; cavity obtuse, 

 shallow to deep, smooth, often prominently lipped ; 

 calyx small, closed or partly open, often leafy ; lobes 

 sometimes separated at the base ; basin shallow to deep, 

 usually narrow, distinctly furrowed and wrinkled ; skin 

 thick, tough, smooth or rough, waxen yellow, mottled 

 and blushed with red and with irregular dashes of 

 carmine, in highly colored specimens deep red, with a 

 bloom which gives the fruit a dull appearance ; dots 

 conspicuous, small and large, white, many areolar with 

 russet point, numerous toward the eye ; calyx-tube 

 variable in size, urn -shape ; stamens median ; core 

 abaxile ; cells symmetrical, wide open, very large ; 

 core-lines meeting ; seeds numerous^ small, dark brown, 

 plump, obtuse, irregular ; carpels much tufted, emargi- 

 nate, mucronate, elongated and broadly ovate ; flesh 

 yellow, firm, coarse, crisp, tender, juicy, mild subacid, 

 aromatic ; fair to good ; November to March. 



DEADERICK. Ozark Pippin. Deaderick 

 is a large apple with a pleasing commingling 

 of yellow and green, making it rather more 

 handsome than Rhode Island Greening, which 

 it much resembles. The apples are inferior 

 to those of Rhode Island Greening in quality, 

 and do not keep so well. In Tennessee and 

 other parts of the South, it is looked on with 

 favor as an early winter apple. The variety 

 originated in Washington County, Tennessee, 

 about 1890, on the farm of Benjamin Ford. 



Tree vigorous, spreading, upright. Leaves narrow ; 

 often the base of the petioles is conspicuously streaked 

 with red. Fruit large, round, often conical, sometimes 

 broadly ribbed, regular, uniform ; stem long, slender ; 

 cavity large, acute, deep, broad, smooth and sym- 

 metrical, sometimes furrowed, occasionally lipped ; calyx 

 small, open or closed ; lobes narrow, acute ; basin small, 

 shallow, obtuse, abrupt, smooth, wrinkled ; skin thick, 

 tough, smooth, yellow usually partly covered with a 

 thin pinkish-red blush upon which are red, areolar dots 

 with russet or whitish centers ; commonly the dots are 

 white and often submerged ; prevailing color green or 

 yellow ; calyx-tube long, funnel-form ; stamens median ; 

 core abaxile, small ; cells symmetrical, open ; core-lines 

 clasping the base of the cylinder ; carpels thin, smooth, 

 broadly round, narrowing toward the base, emarginate ; 

 seeds numerous, large, wide, obtuse ; flesh yellow, firm, 

 coarse, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid ; good ; October 

 to January. 



DELICIOUS. Fig. 16. Stark Delicious. 

 A few years ago, Delicious created a sensation 

 in fruit-growing circles. Probably no new 

 apple of recent times has been more widely 



