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KING 



LADY SWEET 



set ; calyx-tube wide, bluntly cone-shape ; stamens 

 median ; core variable, large, abaxile ; cells wide open ; 

 core-lines meeting ; carpels variable, round-ovate ; seeds 

 light brown, small, short, plump, acute ; flesh white, 

 fine, tender, juicy, brisk subacid ; fair to good ; August 

 and September. 



KING: See Tompkins King. 



KING DAVID. Fig. 30. This apple is a 

 cross between Jonathan and Arkansas Black, 

 resembling both parents in one or more 

 characters. The trees are equal to either in 

 hardiness, productiveness, vigor, and health. 

 The apples are about the size of those of Jona- 

 than and even better colored, as beautiful as 

 any in the orchard; for added to the deep, 

 solid, red color are rotundity in shape and uni- 

 formity in size; these three qualities give the 

 fruits an almost perfect appearance. The ap- 

 ples hang long on the tree, all the while deep- 

 ening in color, but for late keeping should be 

 picked as soon as overspread with red and 

 before the seeds are well ripened. The flesh 

 is firm, fine, crisp, tender, spicy, and juicy. 

 The chief fault of the fruit is a tendency to 



30. King David. 



decay at the core, especially when over-ripe. 

 King David was found growing in a fence-row 

 in Washington County, Arkansas, in 1893, and 

 was introduced by Stark Brothers, Louisiana, 

 Missouri, in 1902. 



Tree vigorous, healthy, hardy, productive; branches 

 long, moderately stout. Fruit of medium size, round-oblate 

 to oblate-conic, slightly ribbed ; stem medium in length, 

 slender ; cavity moderately deep and broad, usually rus- 

 seted ; calyx small, closed ; basin medium in depth, 

 somewhat abrupt, furrowed ; skin thin, tender, smooth ; 

 color pale greenish-yellow, almost entirely overspread 

 with a very attractive deep, dark red, changing to 

 scarlet ; core rather large, open, abaxile, with clasping 

 core-lines ; calyx-tube long, narrow, funnel-shaped ; flesh 

 distinctly yellow, firm, crisp, moderately tender, juicy, 

 brisk subacid, spicy and aromatic ; quality good to very 

 good ; November to February. 



KINNAIRD. Kinnaird's Choice. Kin- 

 naird's Favorite. Kinnaird is an attractive, 

 dark-red apple similar to Winesap in size, 

 quality, color, and season. The variety origi- 

 nated at Franklin, Williamson County, Ten- 

 nessee, and is now grown only in its native 

 and neighboring states. 



Tree medium in size, vigorous, spreading, irregular ; 

 branchlets slender. Fruit medium to large, oblate to 

 conic, flat at the base, obscurely ribbed, sides sometimes 

 unequal ; stem not exserted, short, thick ; cavity very 

 wide, deep, acute, sometimes russeted ; calyx small, 

 closed or partly open ; basin wide, deep, abrupt, gently 

 furrowed, often oblique ; skin thick, tough, smooth, 

 yellow, mottled and blushed with red, in the sun deep 



31. Lady. (X%) 



red ; dots numerous, small, white, elongated towards the 

 cavity ; prevailing effect dark red ; calyx- tube conical, 

 short to cylindrical and deep, sometimes extending to 

 the core ; stamens marginal ; core small, axile ; cells 

 symmetrical, closed ; core-lines clasping ; carpels ob- 

 cordate, emarginate, concave, tufted ; seeds short, wide, 

 plump ; flesh yellow, crisp, fine or a little coarse, agree- 

 ably subacid, aromatic ; good to very good ; season, 

 November to March. 



LADY. Fig. 31. Api. Christmas Apple. 

 This variety is known wherever apples are 

 grown, usually, except in America, under the 

 name Api with some 

 modifying term. Its pop- 

 ularity is due to its beau- 

 tiful miniature fruits 

 which are of highest 

 quality, most suitable 

 for dessert and for dec- 

 orative purposes. The 

 apples keep well until 

 April or May, but are in 

 greatest demand during 



the holiday season. The trees are not very 

 satisfactory, being small, very dense in growth, 

 unproductive, and come in bearing late. The 

 fruit is borne in clusters on short spurs and 

 hangs well to the tree. The variety is very 

 susceptible to the apple-scab fungus. Lady 

 has been in cultivation in France, under the 

 name Api, for over three hundred years, and 

 was one of the first European apples to be 

 brought to America. 



Tree vigorous, dwarf, dense, erect ; branches erect, 

 slender. Leaves narrow. Fruit very small, uniform in 

 size and shape, oblate to round-conic, obscurely ribbed, 

 symmetrical ; stem slender ; cavity large and wide, 

 obtuse, shallow, gently furrowed, sometimes thinly rus- 

 seted ; calyx small, closed ; lobes small, acute ; basin 

 wide, shallow, obtuse, narrowly ridged and wrinkled ; 

 skin thick, tough, smooth, glossy with a deep red blush 

 which is often irregularly and sharply outlined against 

 the pale yellow ground-color ; dots white or with russet 

 points, inconspicuous ; calyx-tube conical with short, 

 truncate cylinder ; stamens marginal ; core small, axile ; 

 cells symmetrical, closed ; core-lines clasping ; carpels 

 smooth, round or elliptical, emarginate, mucronate; 

 seeds plump, wide, obtuse, completely filling the cells ; 

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

 aromatic, mild subacid ; good to very good ; December 

 to May. 



LADY SWEET. Pommeroy. Lady Sweet 

 has few rivals among sweet apples in its season. 

 The fruits are superior in size, color, flavor, 

 and keeping qualities. The trees come in 

 bearing young and bear regularly and heavily, 

 though they are not remarkably vigorous, are 

 short-lived, and often suffer from winter injury. 

 Fruit and foliage are quite susceptible to 

 apple-scab. The season is from late autumn 

 to late spring. Lady Sweet originated near 

 Newburg, New York, and was brought to no- 

 tice by Downing in 1845. It is a general 

 favorite in the North Atlantic states and the 

 Middle West. 



Tree upright-spreading, vigorous. Leaves narrow, 

 small, ovate. Fruit large, uniform in size and shape, 

 round-conic, often approaching oblong-conic, irregularly 

 elliptical, often ribbed, symmetrical ; stem short ; cavity 

 acute, deep, narrow, sometimes wide, gently furrowed, 

 often russeted, sometimes lipped ; calyx small, closed, 

 pubescent ; basin small, narrow, shallow, abrupt, fur- 

 rowed ; skin thin, smooth, yellow overspread with bright 

 red splashed with carmine, mottled and striped with 

 white scarf-skin about the cavity ; dots conspicuous, pale 



