The Apples of New York. 



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scattering, small to medium, oblong, not raised. Bicds medium size, plump, 

 obtuse, free, slightly pubescent. 



Fruit, 



Fruit medium to large, averaging above medium, uniform in size and shape. 

 Form roundish oblate to oblate, regular, symmetrical. Stem short to some- 

 times medium, moderately slender. Cavity acute to acuminate, deep, broad, 

 usually partly covered with greenish-russet. Calyx medium to rather large, 

 usually closed ; lobes rather broad, acute. Basin moderately deep to deep, 

 wide, abrupt, smooth or with small mammiform protuberances. 



Skin moderately thick, tender, smooth, pale greenish-yellow or pale yel- 

 low, almost covered with irregular splashes and stripes of bright red mottled 

 and shaded with crimson. Dots scattering, small, light colored. Prevailing 

 effect red striped ; attractive. 



Calyx tube moderately long, rather wide, funnel-shape with broad trun- 

 cate cylinder or approaching urn-shape. Stamens median. 



Core medium to rather large, axile; cells symmetrical, closed or slightly 

 open; core lines clasping. Carpels broadly ovate, slightly emarginate. Seeds 

 medium to rather large, wide, obtuse to acute, moderately plump, dark brown. 



Flesh tinged with yellow, rather firm, moderately fine, crisp, tender, juicy, 

 sprightly subacid, aromatic, good to very good for culinary purposes. It has 

 too much acidity for a good dessert apple. 



Season late August and September. 



ORANGE. 



References, i. M'Mahon, Am. Card. Cal, 1806:585. 2. Coxe, 1817:139. 

 3. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 3:91. 1851. 4. Horticulturist, 8:247. 1853. 

 5. Mag. Hort., 19:172. 1853. 6. Hooper, 1857:67. 7. Downing, 1857:178. 

 8. Warder, 1867 :728. 9. Downing, 1869 :294. 10. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892 : 

 24s. 



Synonyms. None, 



Different varieties of the apple have been known under the name Orange. 

 The Fall Orange has already been described on page 60. 



Orange has sometimes been used as a synonym for Lowell which is de- 

 scribed on page 128. 



Orange of New Jersey (i, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10). Coxe (2) gives the fol- 

 lowing description of this variety : " This is a fine table apple in the fall and 

 early winter months ; and is thought to be a good cider fruit ; the size is 

 small, the form oblong — the colour a greenish-yellow — the flesh yellow, 

 rich, juicy and sprightly; the tree is of moderate size, the growth upright, 

 and its fruitfulness great. It is much cultivated in several of the middle 

 counties of New-Jersey as a highly estimable apple." Downing (7, 9) states 

 that the tree is vigorous and moderately productive; the fruit pleasant sub- 

 acid ; very good ; season September and October. 



Orange of Pennsylvania. A variety which originated at Reading, Pa., was 

 brought to notice under the name Orange by the ad interim report of the Fruit 

 Committee of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society in 1853 (4. 5)- The 

 fruit is described as medium size, roundish, nearly orange-yellow, sprightly, 



