FANNY 



GIDEON 



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originated some time before the Civil War in 

 Georgia, where alone it is of value as a sum- 

 mer apple. Farther north, it is a fall or even 

 an early winter fruit. 



FANNY. The fruits of Fanny are beauti- 

 ful and most excellent in quality, and the trees 

 are very satisfactory; but the apples are so 

 deficient in size and ripen over so long a period 

 that the variety is of value only for the home 

 orchard. Fanny originated at Lancaster, Penn- 

 sylvania, with Dr. John K. Eshelman, previous 

 to 1869, when Downing called attention to its 

 merits. 



Tree vigorous, flat, spreading, open, with long, stout 

 branches. Fruit medium size, uniform in size and 

 shape, round-oblate, oblong or ovate, regular or slightly 

 ribbed ; stem short, slender ; cavity acute, medium in 

 width and depth, sometimes russeted ; calyx small, closed 

 or partly open ; lobes short, narrow, acute ; basin 

 shallow, wide, abrupt, furrowed ; skin thin, tender, 

 smooth, yellow overlaid with bright red indistinctly 

 striped with carmine ; dots small, yellow ; calyx-tube 

 wide, funnel-form with pistil point projecting into the 

 base ; stamens median ; core below medium, abaxile ; 

 cells open ; core-lines clasping ; carpels broadly ovate, 

 emarginate ; seeds large, wide, flat, plump, acute ; flesh 

 yellow, firm, fine, very tender, juicy, mild subacid ; 

 good to very good ; September to November or later. 



FLORY. Flory Bellflower. Flora Belle. 

 Flory is an apple of the type of Yellow Bell- 

 flower, to which it is inferior in nearly all 

 characters. It originated in Montgomery 

 County, Ohio, previous to 1872, when it was 

 first described by Downing. It is now grown 

 only in the Middle West, usually under the 

 name Flora Belle. 



Tree vigorous, upright-spreading. Fruit medium to 

 large, ovate to round-conic, often ribbed, symmetrical ; 

 stem slender ; cavity acuminate, symmetrical, sometimes 

 lipped ; basin medium in width, deep, abrupt, somewhat 

 furrowed ; calyx closed or open ; lobes narrow and acute ; 

 skin tough, clear yellow, becoming deeper yellow, rough- 

 ened with capillary-netted russet lines and russet dots ; 

 calyx-tube conical, sometimes meeting the core ; stamens 

 median ; core large, abaxile ; cells symmetrical, partly 

 open to wide open ; core-lines meeting ; carpels long, 

 ovate ; seeds numerous, often irregular in form, small 

 to large, wide, obtuse, dark brown ; flesh yellow, firm, 

 hard, coarse, juicy, agreeably subacid ; good in quality ; 

 October. 



FLUSHING SPITZENBURG. Black 

 Spitzenburg. Flushing. This old variety, still 

 grown but passing into deserved oblivion, has 

 had its career prolonged by an inapt name 

 which has caused it to be confounded with 

 Esopus Spitzenburg. The apples are poor in 



quality, and the trees are seldom fruitful. 

 Nothing is known of the early history of 

 Flushing Spitzenburg, but it has been culti- 

 vated since 1800, when it was first described. 



Tree large, vigorous, round-headed or spreading. Fruit 

 medium to large, round-conic or sometimes oblate-conic, 

 obscurely ribbed, symmetrical ; stem short ; cavity acumi- 

 nate, deep, narrow, smooth ana red or greenish ; calyx 

 small, closed or open ; lobes broad, obtuse ; basin narrow 

 and shallow, obtuse, sometimes furrowed and wrinkled; 

 skin tough, yellow, overspread with orange-red, becom- 

 ing bright deep red on the exposed side, coated with 

 light bloom ; dots conspicuous, white ; calyx-tube long, 

 funnel-form, extending to the core ; stamens median ; 

 core distant, abaxile with a wide hollow cylinder at the 

 center, nearly axile ; cells symmetrical, partly open or 

 closed ; core-lines clasping ; carpels round, wide, mu- 

 cronate, emarginate, somewhat tufted ; seeds dark, large, 

 wide, plump, acute, sometimes tufted ; flesh yellow, 

 sometimes streaked with red, firm, coarse, crisp, juicy, 

 mild subacid ; good in quality ; October to February. 



CANS. See Black Ben Davis. 



GARDEN ROYAL. Garden Royal is a 

 very good home variety for late summer and 

 early autumn, but the apples are too small 

 and the season is too short for commercial 

 value. The fruits are regular in form and 

 handsomely colored a deep yellow striped with 

 orange-red and dark crimson a most prepos- 

 sessing apple. The flesh is very tender and 

 aromatic and has a pleasant acid flavor. The 

 variety originated at Sudbury, Massachusetts, 

 over a century ago. Its cultivation is confined 

 to New England and New York. 



Tree of medium size, vigorous, round-headed, hardy, 

 healthy, long-lived, comes into bearing young and is 

 reliable in biennial bearing. Fruit small, round ot 

 oblate-conic, regular or obscurely ribbed ; stem short 

 straight, slender ; cavity acute, deep and broad, fur 

 rowed, often russeted ; calyx small, open or partly closed 

 lobes separated, short, acute ; basin shallow, wide, obtuse 

 wrinkled; skin thin, greenish-yellow, sometimes entirel;' 

 overspread with red, irregularly striped and splasheJ 

 with carmine ; dots numerous, conspicuous, often ir 

 regular, russet or yellow ; calyx-tube funnel-shape 

 stamens median ; core small, axile ; cells closed or 

 slightly open ; core-lines clasping ; carpels small, ellip- 

 tical, emarginate ; flesh yellow, fine, tender, juicy, 

 agreeable, mild subacid, aromatic ; very good ; late 

 August and September. 



GIDEON. Gideon White. The clear 

 waxen yellow color, heightened by a bright 

 pinkish blush, makes the fruits of Gideon 

 beautiful; but the quality is not good, and the 

 flesh passes rapidly from maturity to decay. 

 The greatest assets of the variety are hardi- 

 ness, vigor, and fruitfulness. It is of value 

 only where less hardy varieties cannot be 

 grown. Gideon was grown by Peter Gideon, 

 Excelsior, Minnesota, about 1880 from a seed 

 of a crab-apple which was thought to have 

 been fecundated by pollen of Blue Pearmain. 



Tree medium to large, vigorous, upright becoming 

 spreading and open. Fruit medium to large, uniform in 

 size, round-conic or ovate, sometimes oblong, angular ; 

 stem long, slender ; cavity acute, deep, broad, sometimes 

 russeted ; calyx small, closed ; lobes narrow, acute, 

 reflexed ; basin small, sometimes oblique, shallow, narrow, 

 obtuse, wrinkled, usually with narrow ridges ; skin thin, 

 glossy, waxen yellow, with pink blush on exposed 

 cheek ; dots light, submerged, inconspicuous, except 

 where the skin is blushed ; calyx-tube short, narrow, 

 often funnel-shape with very short, truncate cylinder ; 

 stamens marginal ; core axile or abaxile ; cells closed 

 or open ; core-lines meeting the limb or clasping the 

 cylinder ; carpels round, broadly ovate, or elliptical. 



