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TWENTY OUNCE PIPPIN 



VICTORIA SWEET 



variety. The trees bear early and abundantly, 

 hold their crop well, but fall short in being 

 susceptible to winter-injury and canker-fungi 

 and in not attaining large size. Twenty Ounce 

 was brought prominently to notice by Downing 

 in 1845, but the origin of the variety remains 

 a mystery. 



Tree vigorous, upright becoming round-topped, dense, 

 with branches long and stout ; laterals willowy, slender, 

 drooping. Fruit very large, round or round-conic, some- 

 times broadly ribbed ; stem deep set, short, thick or 

 slender ; cavity acuminate, very deep, sometimes lipped, 

 sometimes russeted ; calyx usually closed ; basin often 

 oblique, shallow but occasionally deep, narrow, abrupt, 

 broadly and deeply furrowed ; skin thick, tough, green 

 becoming yellow, washed, mottled and splashed with 

 bright red or deepening to dark or purplish-red, with 

 carmine stripes ; dots gray or russet, small, often raised, 

 sometimes submerged ; calyx-tube large, long, wide, 

 conical, extending to the core ; stamens usually basal ; 

 core large, axile or abaxile ; cells symmetrical, usually 

 closed, sometimes wide open ; core-lines clasping the 

 cylinder ; carpels elongated-ovate, emarginate, tufted ; 

 seeds narrow, obtuse, variable ; flesh yellow, coarse, 

 tender, juicy, subacid ; good ; late September to early 

 winter. 



TWENTY OUNCE PIPPIN. Cabashea. 

 King. Oxheart. Twenty Ounce Pippin subsists 

 only because it has been much planted for 

 Twenty Ounce, a very different and much 

 better apple. The apple of this description is 

 very large and rather attractive in appearance, 

 but is coarse in flesh and poor in quality. The 

 trees are satisfactory except in productiveness. 

 The origin of the variety is not known, but it 

 is an old sort long cultivated before Downing 

 published the first account of it in 1845. It is 

 grown chiefly in New York and neighboring 

 states. 



Tree medium to large, vigorous, spreading or somewhat 

 drooping. Fruit large or very large, heavy, oblate or 

 globular with flattened base, often conic, elliptical or 

 obscurely ribbed, sides frequently unequal ; stem short, 

 thick ; cavity acute, shallow, wide, furrowed, sometimes 

 lipped, green, with elongated white dots, often russeted 

 and with outspreading russet rays ; calyx large, closed 

 or partly open ; lobes separated at the base, wide, flat 

 or reflexed, pubescent ; basin large, shallow, obtuse, 

 irregularly furrowed and wrinkled ; skin thick, tough, 

 smooth, pale yellow, washed, mottled and blushed with 

 red, striped and splashed with carmine ; dots numerous, 

 small, narrow, elongated, conspicuous, often submerged 

 or depressed, white, sometimes with russet point ; calyx- 

 tube short, funnel-shape with wide limb, or obtuse cone- 

 shape ; stamens median ; core large, axile ; cells usually 

 symmetrical and closed, sometimes open ; core-lines clasp- 

 ing the funnel cylinder ; carpels broadly round or ovate, 

 emarginate, tufted, brown ; flesh yellow, firm, coarse, 

 tender, crisp or breaking, juicy, sprightly subacid with 

 a peculiar flavor ; fair or good in quality ; October to 

 February. 



UTTER. Seeve/s Red Streak, litter's Red. 

 Utter has value in Wisconsin, where it has 

 been known since 1855, because of its hardi- 

 ness. The description which follows contains 

 but little to indicate that it is of general value 

 in apple-culture. 



Tree upright, healthy, vigorous, productive, with a 

 full-rounded head, very hardy. Fruit large, round-oblate 

 or round, sometimes oblong, often broadly ribbed, regu- 

 lar ; stem short, rtout ; cavity acute, deep, wide, fur- 

 rowed, sometimes russeted ; calyx small, closed ; lobes 

 small, short, obtuse ; basin shallow, medium in width, 

 abrupt, furrowed and wrinkled ; skin thick, tough, pale 

 yellow usually washed with orange-red and narrowly 

 streaked with bright carmine ; dots inconspicuous, nu- 

 merous, white, occasionally with russet point ; calyx- 

 tube elongated-funnel-form ; stamens median ; core sessile, 



of medium size, abaxile ; cells symmetrical, open or 

 closed ; core-lines clasping ; carpels broadly round, but 

 slightly emarginate if at all, smooth or tufted ; seeds 

 numerous, large, narrow, obtuse, light reddish-brown ; 

 flesh yellow, coarse, crisp, tender, juicy, mild subacid, 

 pleasant flavored ; good ; October to December or later. 



VANHOY. No-core. The apples of this 

 variety, as grown in the North at least, have 

 little to commend them except that the core is 

 small and the seeds are small and few if any. 

 The description which follows, made from 

 northern grown trees, may not do the apple 

 justice, for, in North Carolina, where it is said 

 to have originated soon after the Civil War, 

 Vanhoy is said to be a good dessert apple and 

 in demand in the markets. 



Tree vigorous, spreading, flat, open. Fruit medium 

 to large, oblate or round, sometimes conic, axis some- 

 times oblique, sides often unequal ; stem medium to 

 long, thick ; cavity acute, narrow, deep, often com- 

 pressed or obscurely furrowed, sometimes lipped, some- 

 times thinly russeted ; calyx large, closed or partly 

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

 medium in width and depth, occasionally furrowed ; 

 skin thick, leathery, smooth, yellowish-green overspread 

 with dull red and marked with narrow, obscure splashes 

 of carmine ; dots conspicuous, pale yellow or russet ; 

 calyx-tube large, cone-shape ; stamens median ; core 

 small, abaxile ; cells symmetrical, closed ; core-lines 

 meeting or, when the tube is cone-shape, clasping ; 

 carpels flat, round-ovate, emarginate, mucronate ; seeds 

 few, wide, long, obtuse, sometimes tufted, often all are 

 abortive ; flesh yellow, firm, coarse, crisp, breaking, 

 juicy, mild subacid ; fair quality ; January to May. 



VICTORIA SWEET. Fig. 58. Victoria. 

 Victoria is one of the good red sweet apples. 

 The fruits are easily identified by their dark 

 red color and large, conspicuous dots, which 

 call to mind varieties in the Blue Pearmain 



58. Victoria Sweet. (X%) 



group. In quality, while a little coarse, the 

 apples are good to very good for either culi- 

 nary uses or dessert. Victoria is now grown 

 only in New York, in which state it came to 

 notice about 1840. 



Tree vigorous, spreading, with short, stocky, crooked 

 branches. Fruit of medium size, uniform in size and 

 shape, round-conic, flattened at the base, faintly and 

 broadly ribbed ; stem usually short, thick ; cavity deep, 

 broad, symmetrical, often lipped, sometimes red and 

 smooth, yellow-russet often overspreading the cavity and 

 radiating irregularly over the base in broken lines and 

 splashes ; calyx small, closed or partly open ; lobes 

 usually short and not separated at base, acute ; basin 

 medium in depth, narrow, abrupt, wrinkled ; skin tough, 

 smooth, yellow, blushed and mottled with dull red and 

 marked with numerous, narrow stripes of deeper red ; 

 dots or flecks conspicuous, gray or russet, becoming 

 smaller and more numerous toward the cavity ; calyx- 

 tube short, conical ; stamens median ; core medium in 



