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characteristically long, often curved, twisted or irregularly enlarged or in- 

 serted under a fleshy protuberance. Cavity acute or approaching acuminate, 

 shallow to moderately deep, medium in width to narrow, partly covered with 

 light greenish-russet, often lipped. Calyx closed or open, rather large, leafy; 

 lobes rather broad, acute to obtuse. Basin characteristically irregular, 

 medium in width and depth, abrupt, sharply ridged and wrinkled. 



Skin moderately thin, rather tough, smooth, pale waxen-yellow sometimes 

 with a faint reddish shade. Dots very numerous, small, submerged, often 

 areolar. 



Calyx tube medium to large, rather wide, conical to peculiarly funnel-form, 

 with broad truncate cylinder. Stamens basal to median. 



Core medium size, axile ; cells closed or slightly open ; core lines meeting. 

 Carpels roundish to broadly ovate, emarginate. Seeds medium brown, large, 

 wide, rather flat, obtuse to acute. 



Flesh yellowish- white, firm, rather fine, juicy, brisk subacid, fair to good. 



Season late fall and early winter. 



PALOUSE. 



References, i. Van Deman, U. S. Pom. Rpt., 1891 :390. 2. Rural N. Y., 

 50:815. 1891. 3. Hexamer, Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1891:159. 4. Williams, 

 Card, and For., 5:11. 1892. 5. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:246. 6. Craig, Can. 

 Dept. Agr. Rpt., 1896:133. 7. Macoun, Ih., 1901:97. 



Synonyms. None. 



Palouse is a comparatively new variety which originated in Wash- 

 ington. In color, texture, flavor and aroma it is so much like 

 Tompkins King that some suppose it to be a seedling of that variety. 

 Its form, however, is quite different from that of Tompkins 

 King, typical fruit being oblong, as described by Craig (6) and 

 others (i, 2), rather than oblate or . roundish oblate, as described by 

 Hexamer (3) and Macoun (7). It is hardly as good a keeper as 

 Tompkins King and would probably be classed as a late fall variety, 

 being in season from October to early winter. It is, however, more 

 productive than Tompkins King and is being much planted in com- 

 mercial orchards in Washington where many regard it as one of 

 the most valuable of the seedling varieties which have originated in 

 that region. It appears to be worthy of testing in New York. 



Historical. Palouse originated in Whitman county, Washington, from seed 

 brought from Illinois in 1879. The original tree is located five miles east of 

 Colfax\ It was introduced about 1892 by George Ruedy, Colfax, Wash., whose 



1 Ruedy, Letter and Circular, 1904. 



