FRUITS IN WEST VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY, AND TENNESSEE. 39 



color with a bright-red blush. It is very good in dessert quality and ripens 

 during the latter part of July and the first part of August in southern Tennes- 

 see. It appears to be a promising variety for its season in that section. 

 Halfbexry. Synonym : Bastard Berry. 



The Halfberry variety originated at Flat Lick, Ky., as a seedling of the Berry 

 Red. It has a local distribution in the orchards about that place. 



The tree is very productive, but the foliage is subject to leaf-spot and cedar 

 rust. Its dessert quality is good, somewhat better than Ben Davis, but too 

 poor to make it desirable. Its season is late fall and early winter. 

 Horse. 



In most regions of Tennessee the Horse apple is one of the standard summer 

 varieties for the home orchard. It is also grown to some extent in Kentucky 

 and is found in many commercial orchards. 



The tree is very vigorous, an upright dense grower, very subject to blight, 

 not usually a heavy bearer, but produces a good crop each year. Its foliage 

 is subject to cedar rust. The flesh is crisp, juicy, and brisk subacid, making 

 it desirable for both cooking and eating fresh. Its season is August in north- 

 ern Tennessee and central Kentucky. Because it is so subject to blight it is 

 not recommended for general planting, though it has some value in the home 

 orchard. 

 Hubbardston. 



The only commercial orchard visited in which the Hubbardston variety was 

 found to form a prominent part was in the northern Panhandle of West Vir- 

 ginia, at which place the trees were productive, the fruit uniformly of good 

 size, high in dessert quality, and ripening in early winter. Though distributed 

 to a slight extent in the orchards of other parts of West Virginia and in 

 Kentucky, it is not as desirable as many other varieties of its season. 



The tree is an open spreading grower, vigorous, and usually healthy, although 

 sometimes in Kentucky the tree seems weak. It begins to bear at an early 

 age and bears well. The fruit is sometimes very highly colored in this area, 

 but is not usually very attractive in appearance. It is large in size and of 

 very good dessert "quality in the northern Panhandle of West Virginia, but 

 lacks some of this quality in sections farther south. . 

 Hyde King. 



The Hyde King is found in several of the commercial orchards of northern 

 West Virginia. 



It is an upright spreading grower, usually open, and forming a vase-shaped 

 tree. The fruit is large, globose, uniform in size, and of a clear yellow color 

 with a bright-red blush on the exposed side. Its dessert quality is not above 

 good, as it has a coarse flesh with no distinctive flavor. Its season is 

 midwinter. 



The future of this variety is doubtful. It has many good qualities and the 

 trees are usually productive, but it seems to be too poor in quality to compete 

 with Stayman Winesap and other varieties of its season. 

 Ingram. 



The Ingram (62, p. 382) variety originated in the Ozark region, where it is 

 grown quite extensively and is liked for its good dessert and long-keeping 

 qualities, the productiveness of the tree, and its late-blossoming habit. 



In this area it has been tried in Kentucky and to a less extent in West Vir- 

 ginia and Tennessee. In Tennessee the tree is affected by blight as badly as 

 the Ralls, of which it is a seedling; the fruit is susceptible to bitter-rot, and 

 the foliage to the leaf-spot fungus. It bears well and is liked fairly well in 

 spite of diseases. In Kentucky the tree is affected by blight somewhat less 

 than in Tennessee, though the fruit is very subject to bitter-rot and somewhat 

 subject to blotch. It bears regularly and keeps very well in cold storage. 

 The fruit is well colored, but rather small. In West Virginia it bears in alter- 

 nate years and is not generally desirable. 



Because the Winesap is the equal, or superior, of this variety in most re- 

 spects it should probably be grown instead of the Ingram in all this area except 

 in West Virginia, where the Stayman Winesap is grown. In the Cumberland 

 Plateau region Ingram may have some value in escaping frost, for it blossoms 

 late. 

 Jefferis. 



The merits of the Jefferis apple consist for the most part in its excellent 

 dessert quality and the attractive red color of its fruit. Its long season of 

 ripening bars it from commercial orchards, but recommends it to the home 



