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The Apples of New York. 



CABASHEA. 



References, i. A^. Y. Agr. Soc. Trans., 1849 :35o. 2. Emmons, Nat. 

 Hist. N. Y., 3:103. 1851. 3. Warder. 1867:714. 4. Thomas, 1875:495. 5. 

 Beach, Apples of New York, 1 -.gi. 1905. 



Synonyms. Cabashea (i, 3, 4, 5). Cahashea (2). Cabashie (2). 



The name Cabashea has been applied by many pomologists to 

 the variety commonly known among fruit growers and fruit dealers 

 as Twenty Ounce Pippin (5), an apple which comes in season 

 about with Tompkins King. The variety which is generally known 

 in Western New York as Cabashea comes in season about with 

 the true Twenty Ounce but it is not so good a keeper. In 1851 

 Emmons published a cut of a section of this Cabashea showing 

 well its characteristically oblate form. Emmons remarked, " This 

 apple is more remarkable for its size than for its valuable qualities. 

 . . . It is not, however, an inferior apple. For cooking it is cer- 

 tainly esteemed, as it has a pleasant and agreeable taste. It is, 

 however, too large." The tree is hardy, healthy, medium to long- 

 lived, and a pretty regular cropper, yielding moderate to rather 

 light crops nearly annually. It is not considered a good commercial 

 variety because it is not sufficiently productive and the fruit does 

 not sell very well. 



Historical. This variety appears to be a Western New York seedling (i). 

 It is now seldom or never planted. 



Tree. 



Tree medium size, moderately vigorous. Form erect or somewhat spread- 

 ing. Tzvigs medium to long, curved, spreading, stout to rather slender ; 

 internodes medium. Bark reddish-brown tinged with olive-green, streaked 

 with scarf-skin, heavily pubescent near tips. Lcnticels conspicuous, scat- 

 tering, large, oval, raised. Buds large, broad, obtuse, free, pubescent; tips 

 stout. 



Fruit. 



Fruit large to very large, fairly uniform in size and shape. Form roundish 

 oblate to decidely flat, obscurely ribbed; sides somewhat unequal. Stem 

 usually short, moderately slender. Cavity acute, deep, very broad, often 

 somewhat furrowed, much russeted with greenish russet often extending 

 beyond the cavity. Calyx large or sometimes medium, usually closed ; lobes 

 long, medium in width, acute. Basin large, deep, wide, somewhat furrowed, 

 unsymmetrical. 



