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TERRY 



TOLMAN SWEET 



TERRY. Terry Winter. Terry is very gen- 

 erally recommended for the cotton-belt of the 

 South, usually with the advice that it be more 

 largely planted. It is, however, an old sort 

 that seems to be losing in popularity. The 

 qualities that particularly recommend it for 

 the South are that the crop ripens late and 

 keeps well. Terry is said to have originated 

 in Georgia a good many years ago, but when 

 or where does not appear; neither are there 

 full descriptions of the variety. Catalogs de- 

 scribe the fruits as of medium size, pale yellow 

 overspread with rich red and russet; the qual- 

 ity is said to be good; the season is from 

 November until March. 



TETOFSKY. Tetofsky is the standard 

 early apple in the northern limits of apple cul- 

 ture. It has, too, some value in more southerly 

 regions, the fruits being attractive in color and 

 pleasantly acidulous in flavor. The apples are 

 small, however, and fall short, when all charac- 

 ters are considered, of several other summer 

 apples in the great fruit regions. Tetofsky is a 

 pioneer Russian variety, having been imported 

 in 1835 by the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. 



Tree dwarfish, vigorous, very erect, dense, with stout 

 branches, filled with small spurs. Fruit small, uniform 

 in size and shape, oblate or round, sometimes conic, 

 regular ; stem medium in length, slender ; cavity obtuse, 

 medium to deep, broad, usually symmetrical, gently 

 furrowed ; calyx large, closed ; lobes long, broad ; basin 

 shallow, furrowed and wrinkled ; skin thick, tough, 

 smooth, waxy, greenish-yellow, more or less striped and 

 splashed with bright red, overspread with faint bloom ; 

 dots inconspicuous, pale, submerged ; calyx-tube long, 

 wide, funnel-shape ; stamens median ; core large, axile 

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

 carpels broadly round, concave ; seeds short, plump ; 

 flesh white, firm, coarse, tender, juicy, sprightly, aro- 

 matic, subacid ; fair to good ; late July to early Sep- 

 tember. 



TITOVKA. Tit-us Apple. Titus Riga. 

 Titovka is valuable in the upper Mississippi 

 Valley, and has considerable merit in all re- 

 gions where hardiness must be taken into ac- 

 count. The apples, which are large and hand- 

 some, are suitable for culinary use, but scarcely 

 so for dessert. The trees, besides being hardy, 

 are vigorous, healthy, and productive. The 

 variety was imported from Russia in 1870 by 

 the United States Department of Agriculture. 



Tree dwarfish but vigorous, upright, dense, with stout, 

 twiggy branches. Fruit large, round or oblong, some- 

 times conic, regular, symmetrical ; stem short, usually 

 not exserted ; cavity acuminate, very deep, sometimes 

 russeted ; calyx of medium size, closed ; segments small, 

 convergent ; basin shallow, very abrupt, wrinkled ; skin 

 smooth, yellow, shaded and striped with bright red and 

 overspread with light bloom ; calyx-tube elongated-cone- 

 shape ; stamens median ; core large, abaxile ; cells sym- 

 metrical, open ; core-lines clasping ; carpels broadly 

 round or obovate, emarginate ; seeds few, small, plump ; 

 flesh white, coarse, crisp, juicy, subacid ; good to very 

 good ; August and September. 



TITUS PIPPIN. Hang-on. Timothy. Well 

 Apple. Every character of Titus Pippin be- 

 speaks its relationship to Yellow Bellflower, 

 by which it is surpassed in both tree and fruit. 

 The fruits are large, smooth, attractive, pleas- 

 antly flavored, and adapted to either dessert 

 or culinary uses. The trees are vigorous, 



hardy, healthy, productive, long-lived, bear 

 young, and hold their load well. Despite these 

 good qualities, the variety, after a long period 

 of probation, is not superseding the better- 

 known Yellow Bellflower. Titus Pippin origi- 

 nated near Hempstead, Long Island, and was 

 first described in 1841. It is still a general 

 favorite on Long Island, but is little known 

 elsewhere. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, dense. Fruit 

 large, oblong-conic or round-conic, often irregularly 

 elliptical or obtusely ribbed, sides unequal, axis oblique ; 

 stem medium in length and thickness ; cavity small, 

 acuminate, deep, narrow to broad, furrowed, often rus- 

 seted and with narrow, outspreading russet rays ; calyx 

 large, open ; lobes leafy, long, acute ; basin small, often 

 oblique, shallow to deep, narrow, abrupt, often promi- 

 nently ribbed, sometimes with mammiform protuberances ; 

 skin tender, smooth, waxy, yellow, clouded with green, 

 sometimes with an orange blush, rarely with distinct 

 red lines or dots ; dots numerous, small, russet or sub- 

 merged ; prevailing effect yellow ; calyx-tube large, wide, 

 deep, cone-shape with fleshy pistil point projecting into 

 the base ; stamens median ; core large, abaxile ; cells 

 symmetrical, wide open, sometimes partly closed ; core- 

 lines clasping or meeting ; carpels elongated-ovate, 

 emarginate, tufted ; seeds irregular, often imperfectly 

 developed, large, long, acute ; flesh yellow, firm, coarse, 

 crisp, tender, juicy, subacid, with pleasant aroma ; good 

 to very good ; October to February. 



TOLMAN SWEET. Fig. 55. Tollman 

 Sweet. Tolman. Tolman Sweet is the leading 

 sweet apple of this continent. It has attained 

 and holds this high place by virtue of good 

 characters of both fruit and tree. The fruit- 

 characters which commend it are attractive 

 appearance, fair size, and good quality. The 

 fruits are everywhere liked for dessert, but are 

 even more highly esteemed for all culinary 

 purposes. The variety is easily distinguished by 



55. Tolman Sweet. (X%) 



a suture line which runs from the cavity to 

 the basin. The trees are preeminent among 

 those of all apples hardy, healthy, vigorous, 

 productive, long-lived, hold the crop well, 

 and come into bearing early. The many 

 good characters of the trees make Tolman a 

 favorite as a stock upon which to top-work 

 kinds less well endowed. The origin of this 

 best of all sweet apples is unknown. It was 

 brought to the attention of fruit-growers in 

 1822. Tolman is grown in all the leading apple 

 regions of America. 



Tree vigorous, upright-spreading, drooping, open ; 

 branches long, stout, curved and drooping. Fruit medium 

 to large, uniform in size and shape, globular or round- 

 conical, often elliptical or obscurely ribbed ; stem 

 medium to long, slender ; cavity obtuse, broad, deep, 



