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MALINDA 



MILAM 



ordinary or cold storage. The trees are above 

 the mark in most characters. The variety 

 was named by Coxe as very popular in Phila- 

 delphia as long ago as 1817. It is probably as 

 widely disseminated in America as any other 

 apple. 



Tree medium in size, vigorous, spreading, open. Fruit 

 medium, sometimes large, uniform in size and shape, 

 oblate, sometimes conic, regular, symmetrical ; stem 

 short, slender ; cavity large, acute, medium to wide, 

 shallow, usually symmetrical, sometimes russeted ; calyx 

 closed ; lobes separated at base, broad, acute ; basin 

 shallow, medium to wide, obtuse, regular, smooth or 

 furrowed, symmetrical ; skin thin, tough, smooth, pale 

 waxen yellow with crimson blush ; dots numerous, white, 

 submerged or areolar ; calyx-tube small, narrow, conical ; 

 stamens median ; core of medium size, axile or some- 

 what abaxile, broad-elliptical ; cells closed or slightly 

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

 ovate ; seeds brown, wide, long, plump, acute ; flesh 

 white or with yellow tinge, fine, crisp, tender, very 

 juicy, subacid ; good ; September to November or De- 

 cember. 



MALINDA. This is one of the ironclad 

 varieties recommended in the northern states 

 of the Great Plains for its hardiness. When 

 an especially hardy tree is wanted, Malinda is 

 top-worked on Hibernal, the tree on its own 

 roots being a rather poor grower. The fruit 

 ranks very fair in quality. The variety 

 originated in Orange County, Vermont, and 

 was taken to Minnesota as early as 1860. 



Tree very hardy, a slender, straggling grower in the 

 nursery and lacking vigor on its own roots in the 

 orchard. Fruit medium to large, sharply conical, 

 angular and ribbed ; stem short ; cavity acute, regular, 

 with stellate, russet dots ; calyx closed ; basin abrupt, 

 narrow, deep, wrinkled ; skin smooth, rich yellow with 

 dull blush ; dots numerous, minute, distinct, white ; 

 calyx-tube conical ; stamens median ; core closed with 

 core-lines meeting ; flesh yellowish-white, very juicy, 

 mild subacid with a sweet after-taste ; quality fair ; 

 late winter. 



MANN. Fig. 35. By virtue of several good 

 qualities, Mann gained a high reputation a 

 quarter of a century ago. The trees are vig- 

 orous, hardy, healthy, and productive, and 

 the fruit keeps and ships well. But the apples, 



35. Mann. (XV 2 ) 



of the Rhode Island Greening type, are but 

 mediocre in quality. With the advent of 

 better care of orchards and of better shipping 

 and transportation facilities, the need for a 

 general purpose apple of this type began to 

 wane, and Mann was doomed to lose the com- 

 mercial importance it had acquired. The va- 

 riety originated in the orchard of Judge 

 Mooney, Granby, New York, about 1870, and 



later was introduced into Niagara County by 

 a Dr. Mann, who gave it his name. It is most 

 commonly grown in New York. 



Tree medium to large, vigorous, at first upright and 

 dense but after bearing spreading. Fruit medium to 

 large, round-oblate, symmetrical, usually regular, some- 

 times faintly ribbed, uniform in size and shape ; stem 

 short, usually not exserted ; cavity acuminate, narrow, 

 deep, usually russeted and often with outspreading 

 broken russet, furrowed ; calyx small, closed or partly 

 open ; lobes acute ; basin abrupt, narrow, usually sym- 

 metrical, furrowed and wrinkled ; skin thick, tough, 

 green, often with a brownish-red blush tinged with 

 olive-green but late in the season yellow ; dots numerous, 

 large, conspicuous, areolar, white with russet center ; 

 calyx-tube wide, cone-shape ; stamens median ; core small, 

 usually axile ; cells symmetrical, usually closed, some- 

 times open ; core-lines meeting ; carpels smooth, broad, 

 narrowing towards the base and apex ; seeds numerous, 

 wide, obtuse, dark ; flesh yellow, coarse, juicy, at first 

 hard but becoming tender and crisp, subacid ; fair to 

 good ; March to April. 



MELON. Norton's Melon. Watermelon. 

 The apples are rotund, red-cheeked, smooth- 

 skinned, of medium size, very uniform, and, 

 all in all, most attractive when well grown. 

 The flesh is tender, crisp, fine-grained, very- 

 juicy, and has a sprightly but rich and aro- 

 matic flavor. Unfortunately, the variety 

 thrives only on choice apple soils, and the 

 product is too often undersized, poorly col- 

 ored, and unattractive. The tree, in locations 

 suited to it, is vigorous, hardy, and productive, 

 though susceptible to apple-scab. Melon 

 originated in East Bloomfield, New York, in a 

 seedling orchard planted by Heman Chapin 

 about 1800. The variety is most popular in 

 New York and New England. 



Tree medium in size, vigorous, upright-spreading. 

 Leaves large, broad. Fruit variable in size, medium to 

 large, round-conic, sometimes oblate-conic, often more 

 or less elliptical and obscurely ribbed, symmetrical ; 

 stem short, slender ; cavity acute, deep, narrow to wide, 

 often russeted and sometimes with outspreading russet 

 rays ; calyx small, closed or partly open ; lobes 

 narrow, acuminate ; basin small, shallow to deep, narrow, 

 abrupt, often furrowed and wrinkled ; skin smooth, pale 

 yellow overspread with bright red, striped and splashed 

 with carmine ; dots small, pale yellow or russet ; calyx- 

 tube small, cone-shaped, with fleshy pistil point project- 

 ing into the base ; stamens median ; core small, axile ; 

 cells symmetrical, closed ; core-lines clasping ; carpels 

 elliptical, sometimes tufted ; seeds large, plump, wide, 

 often angular, very dark brown, sometimes tufted ; flesh 

 yellow, firm, fine-grained, crisp, very tender, juicy, 

 sprightly, aromatic, pkasant subacid ; very good ; 

 October to March. 



MILAM. Blair. Thomas. Milam is a late 

 winter apple very similar to Rails, differing 

 chiefly in its more highly colored fruits. It is 

 grown only in the South and Middle West, in 

 some sections of which it is a favorite for home 

 use. Its origin is not known, but it has been 

 grown since the middle of the nineteenth 

 century. Formerly, the variety was propa- 

 gated chiefly from sprouts, which spring up 

 very freely. 



Tree vigorous, upright-spreading, dense, with long, 

 slender, curved branches. Fruit small to medium, round- 

 conic to short-ovate, regular, not ribbed ; stem pubescent, 

 medium to long, slender ; cavity acute, deep, wide, 

 smooth and green or partly covered with thin russet ; 

 calyx pubescent, closed ; basin medium in size, abrupt, 

 shallow, narrow to medium in width, gently furrowed ; 

 skin thin, tender, smooth, yellow, marbled and striped 

 with dull red, deepening to crimson in the sun ; dots 

 numerous, conspicuous, gray, often areolar, with russet 



