No. 574] VARIATION IN THE APPLE 615 



Wagener displays a much better balance of adaptation to 

 the conditions of the state than the Northern Spy. It 

 seems to reach its best development in the cooler regions 

 of the state. The specimens from Grandview were of 

 good size and very juicy, but were poor in color, coarse 

 in texture, and deficient in flavor. Wagener develops 

 especially well in the Spokane Valley. The specimens 

 from Opportunity were large, well colored, and of excel- 

 lent quality, though somewhat coarse in texture. Those 

 grown at Pullman were more aromatic but possibly not so 

 rich in flavor and did not develop sufficient size. This 

 variety does well west of the Cascades and especially in 

 the northern part of the Puget Sound Basin. The speci- 

 mens from Eastsound were large, highly colored, and fine 

 in texture, but less aromatic than the eastern Washington 

 fruit. The samples obtained from West Virginia gave 

 evidence of having been grown too far south. They were 

 poorly colored and of rather poor texture, but of good size 

 and excellent flavor. In form the fruit from Opportunity 

 was roundish, that from Eastsound roundish conic, while 

 the remainder was decidedly flattened and all samples 

 were more or less strongly ribbed. This variety shows 

 very little tendency to wilt in storage. The fruit from the 

 highlands keeps well, but that from the irrigated valleys 

 shows a tendency to physiological decay. Scald is serious 

 after midwinter. 



White Pearmain (White Winter Peannain). — In gen- 

 eral appearance this variety often closely resembles the 

 Yellow Newtown, but is usually more elongated and more 

 largely blushed. Moreover, it is quite different in flavor 

 and is remarkable for its fine aroma. It is a variety of 

 high quality and attractive for a yellow apple, moreover, 

 it attains its good qualities in the irrigated valleys better 

 than on the highlands, the specimens from Cloverland be- 

 ing dull and green in color and poor in texture, but well 

 blushed and highly aromatic. Its worst fault is suscepti- 

 bility to the apple scab. It would seem to be better 

 adapted to growing in the state than some of the more 



