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WINESAP 



WINTER BANANA 



conspicuous by reason of the large areolar dots 

 centered with russet, which, mingled with 

 flecks of russet, plentifully besprinkle the 

 rather dull red skin. The flesh is somewhat 



61. Windsor. (X%) 



coarse, but is juicy, aromatic, and rather well 

 flavored, though possibly a little too neutral 

 to be called very good. The variety was first 

 described in 1889. 



Fruit above medium, round-conic varying to oblate, 

 broad, flat at the base, often one-sided and faintly ribbed ; 

 stem medium to long, slender ; cavity large, obtuse to 

 acute, wide, deep or sometimes shallow, russeted and 

 with coarse, outspreading russet rays ; calyx small, closed 

 or partly open ; lobes small, connivent, acute, pubescent ; 

 basin abrupt, shallow to deep, wide, furrowed, wrinkled ; 

 skin thick, smooth, waxy, pale yellow or greenish, 

 blushed with thin, dull red or in highly-colored speci- 

 mens predominantly deep red, obscurely striped with 

 dull carmine ; dots characteristically large, dull, pale, 

 often areolar with russet center, sometimes mingled with 

 flecks of russet ; calyx-tube funnel-form ; stamens median 

 or below ; core small, axile ; cells closed ; core-lines 

 clasping the funnel cylinder ; carpels broad, narrowing 

 toward base and apex, tufted ; seeds variable, narrow to 

 wide, obtuse or approaching acute, tufted, light brown ; 

 flesh white, tinged with green or yellow, firm, fine- 

 grained, juicy, aromatic, mild subacid becoming nearly 

 sweet ; good to very good ; October to March. 



WINESAP. Fig. 62. Holland's Red Win- 

 ter. Royal Red. Texan Red. Wine Sop. 

 Winesap is one of the most widely distributed 

 and best known American apples. Though it 

 has its local attachments, it may be found 



62. Winesap. 



thriving on both the Atlantic and Pacific sea- 

 boards and in most of the apple regions that 

 lie between. No doubt its adaptability to 

 various soils and climates is the chief asset of 

 the variety, but it has excellent qualities of 

 fruit and tree besides. The prevailing color 

 of the apple is bright deep red, striped and 



blotched with dark purple, the ground color 

 being golden yellow, which, with the smooth 

 glossy texture and soft bloom, make this a 

 very handsome fruit. The rotund shape, 

 usually somewhat truncate, and always uni- 

 form and regular, adds to the attractiveness of 

 the apples. The coarse yellow flesh, with 

 veins tinged with red, is distinctive, as is, also, 

 the sprightly, subacid flavor. The apples keep 

 and ship well, though they often scald in cold 

 storage. The trees are vigorous, come in 

 bearing early, and on light, rich, deep, well- 

 drained soils are remarkably productive and 

 regular bearers; they are precariously hardy 

 and will grow only where the season is long. 

 As a commercial fruit, Winesap finds its best 

 environment in parts of Virginia and in the 

 northern states of the Pacific Coast. The 

 origin of the variety is unknown, but it dates 

 well back into the Colonial period. 



Tree of medium size, vigorous, round-spreading, strag- 

 gling and open. Leaves small, narrow. Fruit medium 

 to large, uniform in size and shape, usually conical, 

 sometimes round, truncate at base, regular or obscurely 

 ribbed, symmetrical ; stem short, slender ; cavity small, 

 acute, narrow, deep, symmetrical or furrowed, often lipped, 

 often russeted or with outspreading russet rays ; calyx 

 large, closed ; lobes long, narrow, acuminate ; basin 

 small, often oblique, shallow, narrow, distinctly fur- 

 rowed, wrinkled ; skin tough, smooth, glossy, bright red 

 indistinctly striped and blotched with dark red over a 

 yellow ground-color, overspread with faint bloom ; dots 

 small, scattering, white ; prevailing effect deep red ; 

 calyx-tube variable, conical ; stamens marginal ; core 

 small, abaxile with a hollow cylinder in the axis, nar- 

 rowing toward the apex ; cells uniformly developed, sym- 

 metrical, open or nearly closed ; core-lines clasping ; 

 carpels broadly round, concave, slightly emarginate if 

 at all, mucronate ; seeds wide, plump, obtuse ; flesh 

 yellow, veins sometimes red, firm, coarse, crisp, juicy, 

 sprightly subacid ; good to very good ; October to March. 



WINTER BANANA. Banana. Possibly 

 no apple of recent introduction deserves a 

 more conspicuous place in the plantings of the 

 amateur than Winter Banana. The fruits are 

 large, shapely, not so uniform in size and 

 shape as might be desired, with a most hand- 

 somely colored skin clear pale waxen yellow 

 with a delicate blush which sometimes deepens 

 into a bright red. The flavor is that rich ad- 

 mixture of sweet and sour which characterizes 

 most of our best fruits, while the aroma has a 

 suggestion of musk exclusively the property 

 of this apple. The trees are hardy, fairly vig- 

 orous, bear young, almost annually, and are 

 usually fruitful. The season is that of Rhode 

 Island Greening. The fruits are so easily 

 bruised that they seldom reach the market in 

 good condition, and the variety is thus con- 

 demned for commercial plantings. Winter 

 Banana is said to have originated in Cass 

 County, Indiana, but the writer has recently 

 seen fruit brought from Holland, name un- 

 known, which leads him to believe this to be 

 an Old World apple that has somehow found 

 its way to the New World. 



Tree medium in size, vigorous, spreading and inclined 

 to droop, open. Fruit large to very large, un-uniform 

 in size and shape, round-conic, oblong-conic, or some- 

 times oblate, flat at the base, often irregularly elliptical 

 and ribbed, axis sometimes oblique, sides often unequal ; 

 stem short to long ; cavity large, acute, shallow, broad, 

 gently furrowed, sometimes lipped, smooth or partly 



