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PARRY WHITE 



PENNOCK 



The variety thrives only in regions where 

 Winesap grows well, and is for most purposes 

 inferior to the older sort. Paragon originated 

 on the farm of Major Rankin Toole, Fayette- 

 ville, Tennessee, from a seed planted about 

 1830. 



42. Paragon. 



Tree vigorous, round-spreading, inclined to droop, 

 dense, with short, stout, twisted branches. Leaves broad. 

 Fruit medium or large, uniform in size and shape, round 

 or sometimes oblate, slightly conic, rounding toward 

 stem and calyx, sides often unequal ; stem medium in 

 length and thickness ; cavity obtuse, shallow to wide 

 and deep, symmetrical, often furrowed or compressed, 

 occasionally lipped, russet and with outspreading russet 

 ra.ys ; calyx small, closed ; basin shallow, obtuse, often 

 fui rowed and wrinkled; skin tough, smooth, yellow, 

 covered with dull red and indistinctly striped with 

 darker red ; dots gray or white, small, sometimes con- 

 spicuous ; prevailing effect dark red ; calyx-tube small, 

 conical ; stamens median ; core small ; cells partly open ; 

 core-lines clasping ; carpels concave, round varying to 

 cordate, emarginate ; seeds large, long, acute, dark, 

 often abortive ; flesh yellow, firm, coarse, tender, juicy, 

 mild subacid, aromatic ; good to very good ; January to 

 May. 



PARRY WHITE. Imperial White. Su- 

 perior White. White Apple. The fruit of 

 Parry White is unique in the coloring of both 

 skin and flesh, the former being pale yellow 

 or waxen and the latter pure white. The crop 

 ripens early, following Yellow Transparent 

 closely. The variety does not come up to 

 the mark now set for apples, and will probably 

 never be largely grown. It is supposed to have 

 originated in Pennsylvania about the close of 

 the Civil War, and its culture is confined to 

 that state, New Jersey, and Delaware. It 

 was first described by Downing in 1872. 



Tree of medium size and vigor, upright-spreading, 

 somewhat drooping, dense. Fruit medium to large, 

 uniform in size and shape, globular, oblate or ovate, 

 regular ; stem short, slender ; cavity acuminate, medium 

 in depth and width, smooth, symmetrical ; calyx small, 

 closed ; lobes narrow, acute ; basin very shallow, narrow 

 to broad, obtuse, smooth or wrinkled, symmetrical ; skin 

 thick, tough, pale waxen-yellow, occasionally blushed ; 

 dots small, pale, numerous, depressed ; calyx-tube short, 

 narrow, funnel-shape ; stamens marginal ; core small, 

 abaxile ; cells open ; core-lines meeting or clasping ; 

 carpels round, emarginate ; seeds acute, light brown ; 

 flesh white, firm, fine, tender, juicy, subacid ; good ; late 

 August through October. 



PATTEN. Patten Greening. Patten is a 

 seedling of Oldenburg, which it resembles in 

 shape and flavor of fruit and in tree-characters. 

 The color of the fruit, however, is green. The 

 variety is much grown in cold regions where 

 the apple-list is short. Patten originated from 

 seed of Oldenburg planted by C. G. Patten, 

 Charles City, Iowa, about 1885. 



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

 curved, drooping branches. Fruit medium to large, 

 uniform in size and shape, oblate or round-oblate, some- 

 times conic, usually regular, symmetrical ; stem short, 

 thick ; cavity acuminate, deep, broad or compressed, 

 russeted and with outspreading russet rays ; calyx large 

 or very large, closed or open ; basin deep, medium in 

 width, abrupt, usually smooth and symmetrical ; skin 

 thin, tough, smooth, pale greenish-yellow, sometimes 

 blushed and occasionally faintly striped ; dots small, 

 numerous, pale and submerged ; calyx-tube conical ; 

 stamens median ; core small, axile or abaxile ; cells 

 symmetrical, closed or partly open ; core-lines clasping ; 

 carpels round, irregular ; seeds dark brown, plump, 

 obtuse ; flesh yellow, firm, coarse, tender, juicy, sprightly 

 subacid ; good ; October to January. 



PECK PLEASANT. Peck. This old fa- 

 vorite is still one of the standards of its season 

 to gauge choicely good apples. The tender- 

 fleshed, perfumed fruits, pleasantly flavored, 

 beautiful and unique in color waxen yellow 

 with an orange or pinkish blush please all the 

 senses through which apples are appreciated. 

 The trees, unfortunately, have many faults, 

 being subject to root-rot and canker and sel- 

 dom bearing large crops or a high percentage 

 of first-class fruit. Peck Pleasant is distinctly 

 a fruit for family use, and the many spreading, 

 lichen-covered ancients of this old sort to be 

 found in the dooryards and farm orchards of 

 New York and New England are testimonials 

 to the esteem in which lovers of fruit hold it. 

 The variety originated in Rhode Island early 

 in the nineteenth century. 



Tree medium in size, vigorous, upright-spreading or 

 round, dense. Fruit medium to large, variable in size, 

 oblate or round, sometimes conic, often ribbed or ir- 

 regularly elliptical, sometimes with furrow on one side ; 

 stem short, thick or fleshy ; cavity obtuse, wide, shallow, 

 often lipped or compressed, sometimes russeted ; calyx 

 pubescent, large ; lobes long, open or closed, sometimes 

 separated at the base, obtuse ; basin broad, obtuse, 

 symmetrical, furrowed or wrinkled ; skin thick, tough, 

 smooth, waxen yellow with orange-red blush ; dots 

 numerous, white and submerged or with russet point ; 

 core small, abaxile to axile ; cells usually closed or slit ; 

 core-lines clasp the funnel cylinder ; carpels tender, 

 broadly round, often truncate, emarginate, mucronate ; 

 seeds numerous, dark, long, narrow, acute, sometimes 

 tufted ; flesh yellow, firm, tender, crisp, fine-grained, 

 juicy, pleasant subacid, aromatic ; very good to best ; 

 October to January. 



PEERLESS. Peerless has been tested in 

 nearly all of the apple-growing sections of the 

 United States, and, in nearly all, discarded. 

 However, the capacity of the trees to endure 

 cold and blight and their great productiveness 

 make it desirable in some regions. It seems 

 to be more popular in Canada and the Middle 

 West than elsewhere. Peerless originated with 

 J. G. Miller, Rice County, Minnesota, in 1867. 



Tree vigorous, healthy, productive, hardy. Fruit 

 medium to large, yellowish-green with stripes and splashes 

 of carmine ; flesh yellowish-white, fine-grained, subacid, 

 agreeable but not rich ; quality fair to good ; October 

 to March. 



PENNOCK. Big Romanite. Pennock's Red 

 Winter. Phoenix. Red Pennock. Romanite. 

 This old sort was at one time a familiar in- 

 habitant of Pennsylvania and New York and 

 was widely distributed, though not largely 

 planted, in other apple regions. Its outstand- 

 ing characters are: for the fruit, large size, dull 

 red color, oblique axis, yellow flesh, and dis- 

 tinct flavor; for the trees, hardiness, longevity, 



