rilE APPLE. 



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ling, the Wolf River. Fruit very large, regular, couicul ; surface 

 greenish yellow, faintly sti'eaked with red on shaded side, hul orange 

 on the sunny side, almost wholly covered witli bright crinrson stripes 

 and splashes, a showy fruit; dots obscure, few, minute, gray; cavity 

 regular, deep, with trace of russ(>t; stem short kncibbed at base; 

 basin narrow, abrupt, slightly corrugated; calyx open. Core open; 

 cells ovate, slit; tube conical; stamens l)asal; seeds short, ))lump; 

 flesh yellowish white, crisp, tender and juicy, with a. rather pleasant 

 Havor, good. Octoljer to Decemljer. 



Anis. — Origin, Russia. Tree very hardy, l)nt fruit too small for mild 

 climates. Several varieties'received from Russia prove to lie so nearly 

 identical that only one is regarded as necessary in fruit lists to represent 



the group. The Russian Apple Nomenclature Commission* adopted 

 the following description. (See also Blue Anis.) 



"Anis. — Size 4 to 5; form roundish oblate, angular; color light 

 green, striped with red in sun; cavity broad, deep; stem short; 

 basin broad, irregular, angular; calyx medium, closed. Core ojien; 

 flesh tender, juicy, greenish wliite, with darlv green water line aroimd 

 core; flavor agreeable, mild acid; season Septemlier and October; 

 origin, Russia; tree medium upright; fruit drops easily." 



♦Appointed by the State Horticultural Societies of Minnesntu, Tuwa, Wisconsin, and 

 South Dakota. Meeting held at La Crosse, Wis , Aug. 30, 31, 1S9S. 



