HUBBARDSTON 



HURLBUT 



37 



years old. When it came to America is not 

 known, but it has been long grown in eastern 

 America. 



Tree vigorous, spreading, open ; branches long, stout. 

 Fruit medium to large, round-conic, symmetrical, regular 

 or sometimes ribbed ; stem short and thick ; cavity acute, 

 large, furrowed, occasionally with thin, outspreading 

 russet rays ; calyx small, closed or open ; basin shallow, 

 occasionally deep and abrupt, furrowed, wrinkled ; skin 

 tough, waxy, smooth, pale green often with a faint, 

 dull blush ; dots numerous, large, conspicuous, sub- 

 merged, white, mingled with a few fine russet points ; 

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

 core of medium size, abaxile ; cells symmetrical, open 

 or partly closed ; core-lines clasping ; carpels round to 

 elliptical, broad, tufted ; seeds short, plump, obtuse ; 

 flesh white, firm, crisp, fine-grained, juicy, subacid, 

 with mild pleasing aroma ; good ; December to May. 



26. Hubbardston. (X%) 



HUBBARDSTON. Fig. 26. American 

 Blush. Hubbardston Nonsuch. Nonsuch. Hub- 

 bardston, under favorable conditions, is a most 

 excellent apple. The fruits are of large size, 

 handsome color, good enough for dessert, 

 smooth, uniform, and are produced abundantly 

 on a vigorous tree. Unfortunately, several 

 faults condemn the variety for general culture. 

 The apples, very good for dessert, are not at 

 all suitable for culinary uses. The variety is 

 so variable on different soils and in different 

 climates in both tree- and fruit-characters as to 

 be unsatisfactory. Thus, very often, the trees 

 do not hold the crop well, the apples are under- 

 sized, poorly colored, drop badly; the crop 

 does not keep its allotted time, and the trees 

 suffer from winter injury. The variety takes 

 its name from Hubbardston, Massachusetts, 

 where it originated at least a century ago, 

 and whence it has been widely disseminated 

 throughout northern United States. 



Tree vigorous, large, erect, spreading, dense. Leaves 

 small, narrow, incurved. Fruit medium to large, round- 

 ovate to round-conic, characteristically rounded toward 

 the cavity, symmetrical, often obscurely ribbed ; stem 

 short ; cavity deep, acute, symmetrical, sometimes fur- 

 rowed, russeted ; calyx small, open or closed ; basin 

 narrow, shallow to deep, furrowed, often marked with 

 concentric flecks of russet in and about the basin ; skin 

 smooth or more often roughened with dots, flecks and 

 fine veins of russet, covered with faint bloom ; color 

 yellow, blushed and mottled with red which varies from 

 dull brown to bright red, more or less marked with 

 carmine ; dots pale or russet, often large and irregular, 

 conspicuous on the red portions of the fruit ; calyx -tube 

 medium in length, broad, cone-shape ; stamens median ; 

 core small, abaxile ; cells symmetrical, closed or partly 

 open ; core-lines meeting or clasping ; carpels broad, 

 round, emarofinate, tufted ; seeds numerous, small, short, 

 plump, acute, light brown ; flesh yellow, firm, breaking, 



fine-grained, tender, crisp, juicy, aromatic, rich, at first 

 sprightly but becoming mild subacid ; very good to best ; 

 October to January. 



HUNT RUSSET. Golden Russet. New 

 England Russet. Russet Pearmain. Hunt Rus- 

 set, a favorite of a century and a half ago but 

 now no longer planted, is found in many old 

 orchards in New England and New York. The 

 fruits are attractive, of excellent quality, and 

 keep remarkably well. The variety takes its 

 name from a Mr. Hunt upon whose farm, near 

 Concord, Massachusetts, it originated. 



Tree vigorous, upright-spreading. Fruit medium or 

 small, uniform, oblate to conical, often elliptical, uniform 

 in shape ; stem short, slender ; cavity large, acute, deep, 

 broad, sometimes furrowed and compressed ; calyx partly 

 open or closed ; lobes medium in length, broad ; basin 

 deep to shallow, narrow to wide, abrupt, furrowed ; skin 

 thin, tender, golden-russet or with red-russet cheek ; 

 dots numerous, gray or russet ; calyx-tube long, funnel- 

 shape ; stamens basal ; core small, axile ; cells sym- 

 metrical, closed ; core-lines clasping the funnel cylinder ; 

 carpels round to elliptical, emarginate ; seeds dark, 

 medium in size, plump, usually obtuse ; flesh yellow, 

 fine, tender, juicy, subacid, sprightly becoming mild ; 

 very good to best ; January to April or later. 



HUNTSMAN. Huntsman's Favorite. 

 Huntsman produces an excellent apple in ap- 

 pearance and quality, which sells as a fancy 

 fruit in Missouri, Kansas, and nearby regions. 

 The handsome color and delectable quality of 

 the fruit, however, are offset by several serious 

 faults, as: susceptibility to the scab and bitter- 

 rot fungi ; sun-burning of the fruit ; and lateness 

 in coming into bearing. These faults have 

 kept the variety from becoming an apple of 

 commercial importance. Huntsman originated 

 on the farm of John Huntsman, Fayette, Mis- 

 souri, sometime previous to 1872, when it was 

 first described by Downing. 



Tree vigorous, upright, open ; branches long, straight, 

 slender ; internodes very short. Fruit large, round-oblate, 

 conical, somewhat irregular, obscurely angular ; stem 

 short, thick ; cavity acute, deep, broad, sometimes 

 russeted, frequently furrowed, sometimes compressed ; 

 calyx small, closed ; lobes short, narrow, acute ; basin 

 very abrupt, deep, narrow, usually deeply furrowed ; 

 skin thick, tender, yellow, often with an orange-red 

 blush which sometimes deepens to distinct red ; dots 

 small, inconspicuous, pale, submerged, numerous ; calyx- 

 tube usually extends to the core, cylindrical ; stamens 

 marginal ; core small, abaxile ; cells often unsymmetrical, 

 open ; core-lines clasping ; carpels elliptical, deeply 

 emarginate, sometimes tufted ; seeds irregular in shape, 

 dark brown, wide and long, plump, obtuse ; flesh yellow, 

 firm, coarse, tender, juicy, mild subacid with a dis- 

 tinct pleasantly aromatic flavor ; good to very good ; 

 December to April. 



HURLBUT. Hurlbut Stripe. Hurlbut is 

 one of the many mediocre apples having just 

 sufficient merit to keep them in the limbo of 

 the nurserymen's catalogs. It will be seen 

 from the description that fruit and tree of 

 Hurlbut are good but in no case superior. 

 The variety originated at Winchester, Con- 

 necticut, nearly a century ago on the farm of 

 General Leonard Hurlbut. Its cultivation has 

 not spread far from the place of its nativity. 

 It was first described by Cole in 1849. 



Tree large, vigorous, spreading. Fruit medium to 

 large, uniform in size and shape, round-oblate to oblate- 

 conic, angular, symmetrical ; stem short, slender ; cavity 

 acute, shallow, medium in width, symmetrical or com- 

 pressed, usually closed ; lobes long, narrow, acute ; 



