August 



THE POMOLOGIST. 



99 



Fruit large; weight from 10 to 14 ounce: 

 sliin yellow, striped aud splashed with light 

 giving the ap- 

 pearance of 

 bloom; dots 

 small, scattered; 

 stem medium, 

 slender; cavity 

 regular, wide, 

 and deep, green- 

 ish russet ; eye 

 small, closed; 

 basin narrow 

 shallow, fur- 

 ro we d and 

 crimped ; core 

 wide, large, 

 open, carpels 

 very large, loag 

 and open : seeds 

 large, long, not 

 plump, nearly black, distinct ; ftcsli yellow- 

 ish white, tender, juicy, sub-acid; quality 

 only good ; use market ; season, February to 

 May; tree erect, vigorous, strong grower, 

 late bearer, from 12 to 14 years; adapted 

 only to special locations; on rich or low 

 ground it blights very badly and is worthless ; 

 on thin soil it may do better. 



As there has been and still is much inqui- 

 ry about this apple, respecting its correct 

 name, we think a few remarks will be of 

 public interest. We have before us a letter 

 from Mr. F. R. Elliott, of Cleveland, Ohio, 

 calling our attention to it in the following 

 words : " I notice one item and one which I 

 hope you will have corrected ; it is the giving 

 a fruit its name, and in the same paper 

 calling it by one of its synonyms, viz : Striped 

 Pea/rmain; — syn., McA.ffee's Nonsuch." 



We have also a letter before us from Mr. 

 Charles Downing, of Newburg, N. Y , who 

 says-' _"I was not aware that ftfcAtfee's Non- 

 such and L. S. Pearmain were identical 

 until my attention was called to it by Mr. 

 Tanner, since which time I have examined 

 many specimens from various parts of the 

 country and find all alike ; also have ex- 

 amined the trees here of both kinds and 

 find the growth and young wood the same 

 m each. As McAfiiee's is the oldest name it 

 should have the prefereuce, yet oftentimes 

 the name most commonly used is often 

 taken, but it ought not to be so. 



You say Wm. Park has got the L. S. 

 Pearmain under difl'ercnt names. Will you 

 please tell me what they are?" 



At our State meeting we had this apple 

 presented by Mr. Wm. Park under its 

 different names ; also, specimens by Mr. 

 Gray and Dr. Howsley. We were on that 

 committee with Dr. Warder and Mr. Kelsey, 

 and we found all the specimens the same. 

 So well were we satisfied of this fact that 

 we reported accordingly. This only con- 

 firmed our previous opinion, for 11 year ago 



MoAFFEE'S NONSUCH. 



; form round, slightly flattened and conic; 

 and darlcer red mixed with purple and graj-, 



we procured the McAffee from Ohio, and 10 

 years ago the Winter Pearinain from Dr. 

 Howsley direct from Ky. We grafted 

 and grew them side by side ever since. 

 Eight years ago we called Dr. Howsley's 

 attention to their identity. We also pro- 

 cured the Missouri Superi^jr and Zeek from 

 Mr. Park and 

 have grown 

 them likewise^ 

 and find them 

 the same in 

 every respect. 

 The identity of 

 these we have 

 for years endeav- 

 ored to prove by 

 the characteris- 

 tics of t r e e, — 

 growth, w o o d^ 

 color, etc. In 

 1866 I called Mr. 

 Downing's at- 

 tention to the 

 fact that Missou- 

 ri Superior 

 had numerous 

 names. 

 Having fulfilled 

 our object, viz : farmei 



proving their identity. Dr. Howsley volun- 

 teered to trace out their history to show which 

 name has priority. We find it here under 

 the following names 



apple grown by Edwin Farmer, three miles 

 cast of Platte City, Mo., so nearly identical 

 with the above that no person could tell 

 them apart at first glance, unless examining 

 the seed; in that alone tiny appear to be 

 distinct. We have seen the same apple from 

 Wyandotte county, Kansas. Dr. Warder, 

 when here saw the apple, supposed it to be 

 the L. S. Pearmain, as well as Mr. Tanner and 

 myself, when first examined. It may be 

 possible that this apple has been mixed with 

 the above or may bo the origii.al McAti'ee 

 apple as it more nearly agrees with Elliott's 

 description of MiAftee thiui the L. S. Pear 

 main, for he describes the .seed exactly, and 

 if he procured his specimens from Kentucky, 

 it will go far to show that the Farmer apple 

 is an old variety from Kentucky, and may be 

 the original McAffee or L. S. Pearmain, and 

 consequently two original kinds. 



We present the following cut and descrip- 

 tion of the apple to show its similarity : 



Fruit large ; weight 10 to 14 ounces; form 

 round, slightly flattened and sometimes 

 oblique and conic; skin light yellow, stripid 

 and splashed with two shades of redish pur- 

 ple with numerous small, gray dots, appa- 

 rently raised on the surface ; stem medium, 

 slender ; cavily regular, wide and deep 

 green ; eye small, nearly closed ; segments 



MeAfiec, 



McAflee's Nou.such, 



Nonsuch, 



Zeek, 



Winter Pearmain, 



Grey Apple, 



Wine Apple, 



Indian Apple, 



Valaningham, 

 Missouri Superior, 

 Park, 



Park's Keeper, 

 L. S. Pearmain, 

 Striped Pearmain, 

 Wyandotte, 

 New Missouri. 



We have also before us specimens of an 



APPLE. 



short, erect and stiff; basi i narrow, abru| t, 

 shallow, furrowed; core medium, open, in 

 some specimens compact ; carpels wide, hol- 

 low ; seeds numerous, short, small, p uuip, 

 pointed, light brown, perfect ; fl sh yellow" 

 ish white, tender, juicy, pKasant, sub-acid; 

 quality only good; use market; s -aso , 

 February to May; attractive i.. nppearanci . 

 We have not seen the tree growing. 



We have before us a oth> r :ipple cnllit: 

 Pearmain from Missouri, which we havefn- 

 quently seen in this market, which is quite 

 distinct from either of the above, but migh' 

 very readily be confounded witli them, but of 

 better quality, which we will illustrate and 

 describe in the September number. 



J. S., A^s't Ed. 



