1871 



THE POMOLOGIST AND GAEDENER. 



281 



'Wine Apple. {Baye'' Winter, Fenntylmnia Bed Streak.) 

 By the Associate Editor. 



Fruit large; weight from 10 to 13 ounces; form round, oblique, flattened; color yellow, mostly covered 

 with light and deep red, indistinctly striped and mixed ; dots prominent, star shaped; stem short and 



thick ; cavity rather narrow 

 and deep, russeted; eye large; 

 basin very wide, deep and 

 regular, slightly furrowed ; 

 core medium, closed; car- 

 pels wide ; seeds large, broad 

 and long ; flesh yellow, 

 I juicy and vinous, mild sub- 

 1 acid ; quality s^ood ; use kitch- 

 1 en and market ; season Nov. 

 to March. Tree good, regu- 

 lar grower, forming a hand- 

 some spreading head; leaves 

 dark, narrow, curly ; an ear- 

 ly and abundant bearer; 

 healthy. This apple has suc- 

 ceeded so well wherever 

 tried in Kansas, that we do 

 / , ^ ^ not hesitate to recommend 



^iSw^ . — it for general cultivation. 



Skuiner'8 Seedling Apple. 



The San Jose A(jncuUurist speaks in high praise 

 of this new California seedling. If it posses.ses the 

 good qnalitics awarded to it in the following de- 

 scription, too much cannot be said in its praise. 



"Several parties have called our attention to this 

 apple, as the very best and most desirable early 

 cooking and eating apple in this country. This 

 appk is a native of 8(m Jose. The seed was brought 

 from the West, and planted in 1854. The apple 

 first attracted attention in 1857. Within a few 

 years it has become a standard favorite with all the 

 fruit growers. The size and shape of the fruit re- 

 sembles the Spitzcnburg ; but the color of the fruit 

 is much the .same as the Bcllflower, but not so yel- 

 low. The flavor also resembles the Yellow Bell- 

 flower, while the flesh is finer and the pulp quite as 

 juicy as the Rhode Island Greening. We regard 

 the crispness and richness of the fruit as even 

 superior to the Gravenstcin, which, by the way, 

 has always been our leading favorite among early 

 apples. One of the most important qualities — in 

 fact the very best for this country — is its persist- 

 ence in hanging upon the tree. The greatest troub- 

 le with the fine varieties here, is the continual 

 dropping before and after ripening; and one day 

 lying in the sun, upon the dry ground, will spoil 

 the fruit. Hence, this apple, the Skinner's Seed- 

 ling, stands deservedly at the head of all ajipk-.s, in 

 this that it will rot and dry up on the tree, bef -reit 

 will drop. Its season is middle of August to middle 

 of September." 



Discussion on Apples, at tlie Meeting .of tlie 

 American Poinologlcal Society, at Ricli- 

 moud, Virginia. 



One object of holding this session of the Society 

 in Virginia was to obtain more specific information 

 concerning Southern fruits, with a view to perfect- 

 ing the Society's catalogue. Hence it was deter- 

 mined to only discuss the fruits respectively best 

 known in the South as adapted to general cultiva- 

 tion. In the Society's catalogue one star (*) ojjpo- 

 site the name of a State indicates that the first 

 named is worthy of cultivation in that State, and 

 two stars (**) indicate that the variety is recom- 

 mended as being of great value or superiority in 

 that locality. With a view to doing the largest 

 amount of work in a given time, members from the 

 different States respectively named the number of 

 stars they would give the respective fruits, avoiding 

 comments except where deemed necessary. 



Red Astrnchnn was marked with ** for Georgia, 

 Virginia, Florida, South Carolina, Di-strict of Col- 

 umbia, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky. Flagg 

 (Alton, 111.,) said it was unproductive there, has a 

 thin skin, is liable to crack and to attacks of the 

 curculio, but would not mark it out of the list, 

 while Earle (same State,) would not. Dr. Hows- 

 let (Kansas) knew it to be a fine apple in Ken- 

 tucky, and a success; but in Kan.sas it is late com- 

 ing into bearing ; yet by top-grafting on stocks 

 adapted to the soil the objection is removed. Weir 

 (Lacon, 111.,) says with him it bears young; healthy 

 tree, but not productive, nor profitable. Miller 

 (Iowa) nearly worthless in Central Iowa ; discard- 

 ed ; never saw a well ripened specimen — cracks and 

 falls from the tree. Jewell (Minn.) — Tree hardy 

 and more productive on timber than prairie lauds. 

 Weir (111.) — Trees on prairie soil have not borne; 



