EN SEE 



FALL ORANGE 



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ENSEE. About 1900, Ensee, introduced by 

 U. T. Cox, Rockwood, Ohio, created something 

 of a sensation in the horticultural press and in 

 horticultural societies. It seemed especially 

 worthy of trial because of the good keeping 

 qualities of the fruit, and the early bearing and 

 productiveness of the trees. After twenty 

 years of probation, however, it is now almost 

 wholly discarded except in Ohio, but two or 

 three nurserymen in the country offer it, and 

 there is but little demand for the trees. On 

 the grounds of the New York Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, the apples are similar to 

 those of Rome, differing chiefly in being a little 

 darker in color. The tree-characters of Rome 

 seem to be somewhat better than those of 

 Ensee, which fact, no doubt, accounts for the 

 falling off in the demand for the newer variety. 



18. Esopus Spitzenburg. 



ESOPUS SPITZENBURG. Fig. 18. Eso- 

 pus. Esopus Spitzenburg is one of the leading 

 American apples. The fruits are unexcelled in 

 quality, and are most pleasing in appearance. 

 The flavor is subacid, rich, spicy, and aromatic. 

 The color is a commingling of light and dark 

 red laid on a rich yellow background with a 

 dark red blush on the cheek to the sun, the 

 whole surface being sprinkled with yellow and 

 russet dots contrasting well with the red. The 

 apples range from medium to large in size; 

 are beautifully formed in an oblong-conic 

 mould; and are sufficiently uniform in size and 

 shape to make this an ideal apple for fancy 

 packages. The apples are about the best to 

 eat out of hand, and very good for all culinary 

 purposes as well ; they withstand well all the 

 usages of marketing and keep in cold storage 

 until June. They are found in nearly every 

 large market on the continent in season, often 

 under the sobriquet "Spitz." Esopus Spitzen- 

 burg, however, falls considerably below the 

 mark of perfection through lack of vigor and 

 health in the tree, and because of decided local 

 prejudices to soil and climate which make it 

 suitable only to favored localities. Unfortu- 

 nately, also, blossom, foliage, and fruit are 

 inviting prey to apple-scab. The variety origi- 

 nated in Esopus, New York, some years 

 previous to 1800, and has long been grown from 

 the Atlantic to the Pacific. 



Tree open and spreading, upright, the lateral branches 

 slender and drooping. Leaves narrow. Fruit medium 

 to large, uniform in size and shape, broad and flat at 

 the base, varying from oblong to conic, obscurely 



ribbed ; stem medium ; cavity acuminate, deep, wide, 

 red or yellow or with outspreading rays of thin yellowish- 

 russet ; calyx small, closed or open ; basin often oblique, 

 abrupt, narrow, shallow, sometimes compressed, fur- 

 rowed and wrinkled ; skin tough, waxy, roughened by 

 the russet dots, deep rich yellow covered with bright 

 red, inconspicuously striped with darker red, marked 

 with pale yellow and russet dots numerous toward the 

 basin, larger and much elongated toward the cavity ; 

 calyx-tube elongated, cone-shape ; stamens median ; core 

 large, abaxile ; cells often unsymmetrical and open but 

 sometimes closed ; core-lines clasping ; carpels large, 

 round-ovate, mucronate, tufted ; seeds large, long, wide, 

 acute, dark shaded with light brown ; flesh yellow, firm, 

 fine, crisp, tender, juicy, aromatic, sprightly subacid ; 

 very good to best ; November to February. 



FALLAWATER. Tulpahocken. The 

 fruits of Falla water are unique, easily recog- 

 nized by their large size, globular form, and, 

 in well-colored specimens, the unbroken pink- 

 ish-red color on a yellow background. The 

 flesh is coarse, without distinctive flavor. The 

 season is more or less variable. The tree char- 

 acters are usually very satisfactory, though 

 productiveness is sometimes a fault, causing 

 branches to break. Fallawater is at least a 

 century old, having originated in Bucks County, 

 Pennsylvania; it was taken by pioneers from 

 its native state to the Middle West, where it 

 is still widely cultivated. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright. Fruit large to very- 

 large, globular, sometimes oblate, symmetrical, some- 

 times slightly irregular and faintly ribbed, uniform in 

 size and shape ; stem very short ; cavity acuminate, deep, 

 narrow, somewhat furrowed ; calyx large, closed or 

 open ; lobes variable ; basin shallow to deep, abrupt, 

 sometimes furrowed, wrinkled ; skin tough, smooth, 

 waxy, often dull grass-green with dull blush, highly- 

 colored specimens yellow and blushed with bright deep 

 red, often streaked with thin grayish scarf-skin ; dots 

 conspicuous, white, areolar with russet point ; calyx-tube 

 wide, short, cone-shape ; stamens basal ; core abaxile to 

 axile, large ; cells unsymmetrical, open or closed ; core- 

 lines meeting or clasping ; carpels tufted, long, narrowly 

 ovate, mucronate ; seeds few, long, narrow, acuminate, 

 tufted ; flesh yellow, firm, coarse, crisp, tender, juicy, 

 subacid to mildly sweet ; fair to good ; November to- 

 March or April. 



FALL JENNETING. The fruit of this 

 old variety was at one time highly esteemed, 

 but there are now many better sorts of its 

 season. The tree is so remarkable for its vigor, 

 size, health, and longevity that the variety 

 should be a good parent to breed from. Con- 

 necticut is given as the habitat of the original 

 tree, which first fruited more than a century 

 ago. 



Tree large, vigorous, spreading or roundish. Fruit 

 large, round-oblate inclined to conic, ribbed at the 

 base, sides unequal ; stem short, thick ; cavity acumi- 

 nate, deep, wide, symmetrical, with outspreading rays 

 of russet ; calyx large, closed or open ; lobes long, 

 narrow, acute, reflexed ; basin small, shallow, narrow, 

 furrowed and wrinkled ; skin thin, tough, smooth, pale 

 yellow with faint brownish-red or bronze blush ; dots 

 numerous, inconspicuous, sometimes russet but more 

 often white and submerged ; prevailing effect yellow ; 

 calyx-tube long, narrow funnel-shape ; stamens median ; 

 core small, axile to abaxile ; cells symmetrical, closed ; 

 core-lines clasping ; carpels round to broadly ovate ; 

 seeds light brown, small, narrow, plump, acute ; flesh 

 yellow, firm, fine, crisp, tender, juicy, sprightly, subacid ; 

 good ; late September to December. 



FALL ORANGE. New York Bellflower. 

 The fruits of Fall Orange are scarcely good 

 enough for dessert and are so readily bruised 

 in handling that they are not suitable for 



