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DISCUSSION OF VARIETIES. 



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Summer Hagloe. Synonym: Hagloe. 



This is a very old variety supposed to be of American origin, though at one time ap- 

 parently confused with an English cider crab apple called ' ' Hagloe " and attributed 

 to an English or European origin. Details of its early history, however, are obscure. 

 It is not known to fruit growers generally, but in this region it is of considerable im- 

 portance in the New Jersey and Delaware sections, though rarely grown in any of the 

 other sections. The tree is a slow grower; the terminals are rather thick and blunt, 

 thus making a tree of quite distinctive appearance. (See fig. 6.) Under good condi- 

 tions of culture, very heavy crops may be expected in these sections on alternate years, 

 and usually considerable fruit in "off years." It usually bears at 5 or 6 years of age. 



Fig. 5.— A Starr apple tree in New Jersey, 8 years old. 



The fruit is medium to large ; oblate ; whitish yellow, lightly striped and splashed with 

 red on the exposed side, rarely .becoming more highly colored; flesh rather tender, 

 juicy, subacid; quality good; valuable for cooking rather than for dessert purposes. 

 In the sections above mentioned ripening begins from the 15th to the 25th of July and 

 continues about two weeks. The fruit is not generally marketed until it is nearly 

 mature. 



In most of the commercial orchards in these sections where this variety is grown it 

 is considered an important and a profitable sort to grow, selling well in the markets. 

 An occasional exception *to this experience occurs, however, even in orchards that 

 have received unusual attention, the variety being unproductive and unsatisfactory 

 in nearly every essential particular. No explanation of such failures is apparent. 

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