38 STJMMEK APPLES IN THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



The Oldenburg apple has become widely disseminated in many States, especially in 

 the upper Mississippi Valley, where it is of value on account of the hardiness of the 

 tree. It is not extensively grown in the Middle Atlantic States, though it is well 

 represented in the sections where commercial orcharding has been developed. 

 Occasional trees of it are also found in the more southern sections of this region. 



The tree is a good grower, fairly vigorous, with dark, healthy foliage, though evidently 

 not making a large tree. Some twig-blight has been observed, but it is not common. 

 The tree forms a roundish, though spreading head. It bears nearly annually, usually 

 producing abundant crops. The fruit is medium in size or above; yellow undercolor, 

 well streaked with red when ripe ; subacid; good. Its market period varies somewhat 

 from year to year and with different growers. About the middle to the last of July, 

 however, appears to be an average date for marketing in the New Jersey and Chesa- 

 peake peninsula section, but the fruit can be cooked satisfactorily before it is mature. 

 It ripens quite evenly; the entire crop can frequently be gathered in two pickings. 

 It keeps well after it is picked, having a tendency to shrivel instead of decaying, 

 especially if picked before fully ripe. Its use is for culinary purposes rather than for 

 dessert. 



This is proving one of the most satisfactory varieties among the earlier sorts for 

 growing near the coast at southern points. It would apparently be a profitable sort to 

 grow more extensively in this region than is being" done at present. 



In this connection attention should be directed to the fact that there are several 

 Russian varieties of the Oldenburg type which are very similar to that variety both 

 in appearance and in season of ripening. Due care should be taken not to confuse 

 any of these sorts with Oldenburg. 



Orange Pippin (New Jersey). 



This is a very old variety of unknown origin. The earliest records trace it to Genesee, 

 N. Y., though it is not assumed that this was the place where it originated. It is 

 commonly supposed to have come in the first place from New Jersey, where it is now 

 cultivated to a limited extent in some of the older orchards. It evidently is rarely 

 found elsewhere in any of the other fruit-growing sections of the country. 



The tree is thrifty and long lived. The fruit is medium to large ; yellow; subacid; 

 .and good to very good. It reaches maturity from the first to the middle of August, 

 though as with so many of the early sorts it is frequently shipped at an earlier period, 

 before it is fully ripe. It is said to hold well in cold storage for a short period, but it 

 has not often been handled in this way. 



There is a French variety by this name, but it is a later apple. 



Parry White. Synonym: White Wax. 



The origin of this variety is uncertain, but it probably came either from Pennsyl- 

 vania or New Jersey. 



So far as observed, it is grown commercially only in the New Jersey section ofthis 

 region, and even here it is not an important sort. While the trees tend to bear annual 

 crops under the best care and very heavy crops on alternate years under ordinary 

 culture, the fruit is too small to be profitable, especially as it possesses no characteris- 

 tics which make it particularly desirable in any way. It is a small, rather sprightly 

 subacid apple with a white skin, beginning to ripen the latter part of July in New 

 Jersey, but extending over a relatively long season. 



Porter. 



Porter is a New England apple which originated on the grounds of Rev. Samuel 

 Porter, Sherborn, Mass., about 1798. It is found in many sections of the North in the 

 older orchards. In this region it is quite common in the New Jersey section, but 

 practically unknown to growers in other sections. The tree is long lived and not 

 possessed of any serious faults. 

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