SEEDLING APPLES OF MAINE. 137 



Fruit medium to large, roundish-conical, greenish yellow with blush 

 cheek, and with many small whitish dots. Stem short, slender, inserted 

 in a medium cavity. Calyx partly open ; basin rather shallow. Flesh 

 yellowish, tender, juicy, sub-acid, almost sweet. Core small. Good. 

 October to February or even later in Aroostook county ; much earlier 

 at Orono. 



This variety has never attracted the attention of nurserymen, but has 

 had a good local reputation for several years. It is well worthy of gen- 

 eral dissemination as a valuable "ironclad" variety. Its history, as given 

 in the report of the Maine Pomological Society for 1895, is essentially 

 as follows : Seed was brought to Perham from Massachusetts by Francis 

 Stowe about 1862, and the variety in question was one of the resulting 

 seedlings. The tree was isolated in 1875 an d nas been known locally 

 for several years as Stowe's Winter. Mr. Rufus L. Stowe, son of the 

 originator, writes that it " will keep longer than anything except Ben 

 Davis and is nearly equal to that." * 



Somerset, (Downs Somerset). — Origin, orchard of Albert J. Downs, 

 Mercer, Somerset county, Me. 



Fruit large, roundish ovate, yellow, washed and striped with red ; 

 stem long ; basin broad and shallow ; calyx shallow ; sprightly sub-acid. 

 Very good. September, October. 



This variety was described by the Maine Pomological Society in 1849.! 

 It is an excellent apple and, when known, is highly prized as an early 

 market variety. It is showy and sells well but drops badly from the 

 tree, and is subject to attacks by the trypeta. 



This variety is entirely distinct from the Somerset of New York, 

 described by Downing in 1869. 



Tabor. — Originated with S. W. Tabor, Washburn, Me. 



Fruit medium, oblate, yellowish green, washed and splashed with 

 crimson ; stem slender, inserted in a medium, widely flaring cavity, from 

 which radiate 5 or 6 distinct furrows, making well marked segments ; 

 calyx small, closed, in a medium, abrupt, slightly plaited basin ; core 

 rather large ; flesh greenish white, fine grained, tender, rather dry, 

 sweet. Good. October to January. 



If it does not occupy the same place as Hayford Sweet, it may prove 

 an acquisition for northern Aroostook where winter sweet apples are 

 scarce. 



Winn Russet. — Origin, Sweden, Oxford county, Me., from seeds 



brought by John Winn, one of the early settlers of the town, from 



Woburn, Mass. 



" Tree hardy, productive, but rather a slow grower." 



"Fruit large, dark russet, distinctly striped with red with occasional 



greyish spots ; cavity broad, deep ; calyx medium ; basin broad, shallow ; 



* Personal letter. See An. Rept. Maine Agr. Expt. Sta., 1902, p. 92. 

 t Trans, of Maine Pom. Soc'y, in Agr. of Maine, 1853, p. 408. 



