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The Apples of Xew York. 



WATER, 



References, i. Downing, Horticulturist, 19:172. 1864. ^igs. 2. Warder, 

 1867:735. 3. Downing, 1869:397. fig. 4. Thomas, 1875:315. 5. Am. Pom. 

 Soc. Cat., 1877:16. 6. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:298. 7. Bailey, 

 An. Hort., 1892 :252. 



Synonyms. None. 



A mild flavored dessert apple of medium size, pale yellow or greenish with 

 attractive blush of lively red ; in season from October to December. The 

 tree is a rather moderate grower, does not come into bearing young and is a 

 biennial bearer yielding from fair to good crops. Not recommended for 

 commercial planting. 



Historical. Origin Durham township, Bucks county, Pa. (i, 3). It was en- 

 tered in the catalogue of the American Pomological Society in 1877 (5) and 

 dropped from that list in 1897. It is but little known in this state. 



Tree. 



Tree moderately vigorous with short, slender, curved branches. Form 

 erect or roundish, rather dense. Twigs long, curved, moderately stout ; 

 internodes short. Bark dark brown, heavily coated with gray scarf-skin; 

 pubescent near tips. Lenticels scattering, small, round, not raised. Buds 

 rather prominent, medium to large, plump, obtuse, free, pubescent. 



Fruit. 



Fruit medium size. Form broadly ovate to roundish conic varying to 

 oblong conic with flattened ends, nearly regular. Stem short to medium, 

 slender. Cavity acuminate, rather narrow to moderately broad, moderately 

 shallow to deep, often compressed, sometimes thinly russeted, the russet not 

 extending beyond the cavity. Calyx small to medium, closed or open; lobes 

 long, narrow, acute to acuminate. Basin varying from shallow to rather 

 deep and abrupt, narrow to medium in width, furrowed and wrinkled. 



Skin pale yellow^ or greenish with very attractive, lively pinkish-red blush, 

 in well colored specimens deepening to dark or purplisli-red, not striped, over- 

 spread with thin bloom. Dots numerous, medium to small, grayish or whit- 

 ish, often submerged. 



Calyx tube short, wide, broadly conical. Stamens basal to median. 



Core rather small, somewhat abaxile ; cells closed or slightly open ; core 

 lines slightly clasping. Carpels small, slightly obovate to obcordate, emar- 

 ginate. Seeds medium in size, few, dark brown, varying from blunt and 

 flat to acute and rather narrow. 



Flesh nearly white, fine, crisp, tender, juicy, pleasant mild subacid, good. 



Season October to December or later. 



WEALTHY. 



References. i. Downing, 1869 :398. 2. Foster, Horticulturist, 25 ^362. 

 1870. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1871:10. 4. Thomas, 1875:515. 5. Montreal 

 Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1876:19. 6. lb., 1879:33. fig. 7. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1879: 



