STORAGE, RESPIRATION, AND GROWTH. 21 
RHODE ISLAND (synonym Rhode Island Greening) . 
Fruit medium to large, dark green, becoming greenish yellow when ripe. Flesh 
tender, crisp, with a rich, acid flavor. An early winter variety of fair keeping 
quality, quite subject to scald after midwinter, except under very favorable condi- 
tions. 
' WINESAP. 
Fruit medium in size, of a fine dark red color. Flesh firm, crisp, with a rich, 
subacid flavor. A winter variety of excellent keeping quality, except for being 
somewhat subject to scald in late winter and spring. 
/ WINTER PARADISE. 
Fruit rather large, dull green, with a brownish blush or faint striping. Flesh fine- 
grained, sweet, and sprightly, with a distinctive and marked aroma. A winter 
apple of good keeping quality. 
YELLOW TRANSPARENT. 
Fruit medium in size, clear greenish yellow in color.- Flesh very tender; flavor 
sprightly, quite acid; one of the earliest of the summer apples. Ripens over a brief 
season and keeps but a short time. 
DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSES OF SAMPLES. 
In the summer of 1902 the study was again taken up, four varieties 
being selected from three localities. The description of the samples 
of apples studied and such cultural data as were obtained are given in 
Table I. The analyses of the apples made from time to time while 
the samples were held in common storage are given in Table li. These 
results were also calculated to the basis of total solids and platted on 
graphic charts (figs. 1-4 and fig. 8), the actual changes in composition 
during the growth and development of the fruit being illustrated much 
more clearly in this way than by means of the numerical tables of 
analyses. In all of these charts the ordinates give the percentage of 
the various constituents and the abscisse the dates on which the exami- 
nations were made. 
