78 



EEPORT ON THE 



No. 33 



TOLMAN. 



(Tollman Sweet.) 



The best winter sweet 

 apple; valuable for bak- 

 ing and by some people 

 esteemed a good dessert 

 apple; useful also as 

 stock feed, in place of 

 roots; not of much 

 value for export. 



ORIGIN: a native of 

 Rhode Island. 



TREE: a vigorous 

 grower, very productive 

 and very hardy; valu- 

 able as a stock upon 

 which to top graft other 

 and more tender varie- 

 ties, as, for example, the 

 King, which is more 

 productive, and the Spy, 

 which may be grown 

 farther north when top 

 grafted upon the Tol- 

 man than when upon 

 common stock. 



TOLMAN. 



FRUIT: size medium; 

 form roundish; color 

 light yellow, sometimes 

 with reddish cheek, and 

 a line from stem to 

 calyx; stem half an inch 

 long, often inclined, in- 

 serted in a wide shallow 

 cavity; calyx closed in 

 a small shallow basin. 



FLESH : color white ; 

 texture firm, fine grain- \ 

 ed; flavor sweet, rich. 



QUALITY: dessert, 

 good ; cooking, good. 



VALUE: second class, 

 except in special mar- 

 kets and in limited 

 quantities. 



SEASON: November to 

 April. 



SECTION OF TOLMAN. 



