The Apples of New York. 



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Fruit (2, 8). 



Fruit medium size. Form roundish oblate. Stem of medium length, 

 slender. Cavity large. Calyx small, closed. Basin medium size. 

 Skin 3-ellow, nearly covered with stripes and splashes of deep red. 

 Flesh yellowish, very tender, juicy, aromatic, subacid, very good. 

 Season September. 



ROLFE. 



References, i. Downing, 1857:167. 2. Warder, 1867:725. 3. Thomas, 

 1875:505. 4. Me. Pom. Soc. Rpt.^ 1876:149. 5. lb., 1885:135, 138. 6. lb., 

 1888:120. Hg. 7. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:294. 8. Bailey, An. 

 Hort., 1892:248. 9. Munson, Me. Sta. Rpt., 1893:133. 10. lb., 1896:71, 81. 

 II. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1897:14. 12. Munson, Me. Sta. Rpt., 1902:90, 92. 

 13, Me. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1902:49, 50. 14. Budd-Hansen, 1903:166. 



Synoxyms. jMacomber (i, 2, 2), 7)- Macomber (4, 9, 14}. Rolfe (4, 5, 

 6, 8, 9, 10, II, 12, 13, 14). 



Fruit medium to large, of good quality and rather attractive for a yel- 

 lowish apple. It is in season from late September to December or January. 

 The tree is very hardy, vigorous and a reliable cropper. At the present 

 time it is probably grown more extensively in Maine than in any other section 

 of the country. It is there regarded highly wherever it is known and is 

 gaining in popularity among fruit growers (i, 6, 10, 12). It is worthy of 

 testing in those portions of the state where superior hardiness in a variety 

 io a matter of prime importance. 



Historical. Originated in the town of Guilford, Maine, about 1820. Said 

 to be a seedling of the Blue Pearmain. It has, as yet, been disseminated 

 but sparingly in this state and is but little known among New York fruit 

 growers. 



Tree. 



Tree rather large, vigorous. Form roundish to spreading and drooping, 

 rather dense; laterals slender, willowy. Twigs rather long, irregularly 

 crooked, slender to moderatel}^ stout; internodes long to below medium. 

 Bark brown to reddish-brown with an occasional tinge of olive -green, over- 

 laid with scarf-skin, pubescent near tips. Lenticels moderately numerous, 

 of a dull color but rather conspicuous, medium or above, roundish, not 

 raised. Buds very deeply set in bark, medium in size, broad, flat, obtuse, 

 appressed, pubescent. 



Fruit. 



Fruit medium to sometimes large, pretty uniform in shape and size. Form 

 roundish to roundish oblate, regular or somewhat angular, symmetrical. 

 Stem short to medium and rather slender. Cavity acute to slightly acuminate, 

 moderately deep, rather v^nde, sometimes slightly furrowed or compressed. 

 Calyx small to above medium, closed; lobes short to moderately long, rather 

 wide, acute. Basin below medium to rather large, pretty regular, shallow 

 to moderately deep, narrow to rather wide, a little abrupt, slightly wrinkled. 



Skin moderately thin, rather tough, glossy, clear pale j^ellow, sometimes 

 faintly blushed or in well colored specimens distinctly shaded and striped 

 with lively red. Dots numerous, inconspicuous, small. Prevailing effect 

 yellow or yellow and red. 



