might readily pass for a different variety. I am therefore proposing for it the simple 
name "Hitchings." Mr. Hitchings' name has already become a househdld word 
among apple growers, being associated with bis sod mulch system of orchaid manage- 
ment which in recent years has been the subject of much discussion in horticuUureal 
meetings and by the horticultural pi-ess, particularly in the apple regions east of the 
Rocky Mountains." 
"Another sport of the Twenty Ounce which originated in the orchard of the late 
J. B. OoUamer, was described in Volume II of "The Apples of New York," under 
the name Ccllamer. Mr. CoUamer began propagating this sport about 1900. It has held 
its distinctive characters under propagation, and I understand is regarded by those 
who have fruited it as a more desirable variety than tlie Twenty Ounce, chiefly because 
of its superior color. The Oollamer differs from the old Twenty Ounce Chiefly in be- 
ing less mottled and striped but more completely covered .with red, which often ex- 
tends in an unbroken blush over a considerable poi-tiou of the fruit. In the Twenty 
Ounce such a continuous blush is seldom or never seen, but instead the red is mottled 
or appears in heavy, often broad stripes and splashes over a green or yellowish back- 
ground. The Hitchings is decidedly superior to the Collamer in co!or, and differs ficm 
it in that it shows no stripes, but the red appears as a solid unbroken color, which in 
the highly colored specimens nearly or quite covers tlie entire fruit, as is the case in 
a highly-coloi'ed Baldwin. Like the Collamer, the Hitchings differs somewhat from 
the typical Twenty Ounce in being rather mere regular in shape; if ribbed at all it is 
less distinctly ribbed than the Twenty Ounce. In texture, flavor and quality the 
Hitchings would readily pass for the Twenty Ounce of similar size and degree of ripe- 
ness. Mr. Hitchings reports that it is at least two weeks later in season than the 
Twenty Ounce. At the New York State Fair in 1910 it was awarded first prize as the 
best new apple shown the first time." 
"The Ccllamer originated as a bud sport which developed into a large branch cn 
one side of a mature Twenty Ounce apple tree, and while that particular branch bore 
only the highly colored type already described above under the name Collamer, the 
rest of the tree produced none but Twenty Ounce apples of the ordinal y type. The 
original Hitchings Twenty ^Ounce was obtained as one of a hundred Twenty Ounce 
nursery trees purchased from H. S. Wiley & Son., and planted in the orchard seven 
years ago. This tree Jjfears the highly colored type of fruit which we are callirg the 
Hitchings, while the oilier •wenty Ounce trees from the same lot of nursery stock 
produce only the ordinary typ^^f the Twenty Ounce. 
"The original Twenty OunM^as first brought to the notice of pomclogista about 
70 years ago. It has been locally known under the various synonyms Cayuga Bed 
Streak, Wine apple and Limber Twig. It is one of the most satisfactory of the Pall 
apples for commercial planting in the various parts of New York and adjoining states 
