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The Apples of New York. 



1903:213. fig. 37. Farrand, Mich. Sta. Bui., 205:47. 1903. 38. Bruner, 

 A''. C. Sta. But., 182:24. 1903. 



Synonyms. De Revel (i). Grand-Sultan (i). Revelstone (i). 

 Skwosnoi Schotoi (7). Skwosnai Schotoi (5). Transparente de Saint- 

 Leger (i). Transparente Jaune (i). Yellow Transparent (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 

 8, 9, 10, II, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 

 31, 32, 33, 34» 35, 36, 37, 38). F^Z/ow Transparent (7). 



This is one of the best of the extra early apples, being excellent 

 for culinary use and acceptable for dessert. It is not equal in qual- 

 ity to Early Harvest, but it begins to ripen somewhat earlier and 

 is a more reliable cropper, yielding good crops annually or nearly 

 so. Generally speaking, it is grown in New York state for home 

 use only, but in some places it is cultivated to a limited extent for 

 m^arket, particularly for local market. It is desirable for this pur- 

 pose because it takes on a good clear yellow color before becoming 

 overripe. On account of its delicate color and tender skin it shows 

 bruises readily and must be handled with extra care. The crop 

 ripens continuously through a period of three or four weeks, and 

 two or more pickings are required in order to secure the fruit in 

 prime condition. It begins to ripen in July, and continues in season 

 in some cases till early September. On young or vigorous-growing 

 trees the fruit may grow rather large, but on mature slow-growing 

 trees, especially when they are overloaded, the fruit is apt to be 

 below medium size unless thinned. The tree is a moderately vig- 

 orous grower, hardy, healthy and comes into bearing very young. 

 In some portions of the West it suffers from twig blight (fire 

 blight) but it appears to be quite free from this disease in New York. 



Historical. Imported from Russia by the United States Department of 

 Agriculture in 1870. Its merits were first brought to notice in this country 

 by Dr. T. H. Hoskins, of Newport, Vt. (9). It has been disseminated 

 throughout the apple-growing regions of the country from the Atlantic to 

 the Pacific and is now commonly listed by nurserymen (21). In New York 

 its cultivation for home use is gradually increasing, and occasionally it is 

 grown to a limited extent for market. 



Tree. 



Tree of medium size, moderately vigorous, with short, stout, crooked 

 branches filled with short spurs. Form upright at first but becoming spread- 

 ing or roundish and rather dense. Twigs short, curved, stout with large 



