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REPORT ON THE 



No. 24 



WAGENEE. 



A" fine dessert apple when ■ 

 grown and highly colored, but 

 samples grown in the shade are 

 inferior both in appearance 

 and in flavor. The texture of 

 the fruit is too tender to be 

 planted in the commercial or- 

 chard. 



O K I G I N" : Abram Wagener, 

 Penn Yan, N. Y., in 1796. 



Tree : a slow grower and an 

 early bearer ; not long lived. 



Faurr : medium to large, form 

 oblate ; color yellow, nearly 

 covered with crimson, obscurely 

 striped, with a few light dote ; 

 stem about seven-eighths of an 

 inch long, inserted in a broad, 



AVAtiENEH.? 



deep, irregular cavity ; calyx 

 closed, set in a funnel form, 

 somewhat corrugated basin. 



Flesh: yellowish, texture 

 fine grained, very tender, juicy; 

 flavor subacid, very agreeable. 



QdALri'Y : dessert very good, 

 cooking good. 



Value : home market first 

 class, foreign market second 

 class. 



Season : November to Febru- 

 ary. 



Adaptation .■ succeeds in best 

 apple sections. 



Section of Wagener. 



