
Report oF HorricvuLtTuRist oF Experiment Station. 579 
NOTES ON VARIETIES. 
Aport Oriental.—A Russian apple, scions of which were 
received from T. H. Hoskins, Newport, Vt. Topworked on a 
bearing-tree in 1888, it bore its first crop of fruit this season. 
~The apples are of medium size, roundish, oblate, conic; skin 
tough, pale yellowish green, sometimes with a faint blush, 
sprinkled with large white dots and covered with faint white 
bloom; stem medium, set in a deep russeted cavity; calyx small, 
closed, set in a small, shallow, slightly corrugated basin; flesh 
_ whitish, nearly sweet, not firm; core large; quality fair. Season, 
August. 
_ Autumn Streaked.— A Russian apple, received from T. H. 
Hoskins, Newport, Vt. Topworked on a bearing tree in 1888. 
Fruit large, yellow or pale yellow, striped and splashed or shaded 
with red, and covered with pink bloom. The brilliancy of its 
coloring varies, some fruits being rather dull while others are 
bright and handsome. Stem rather stout, set in a narrow, 
shallow cavity ; calyx large, closed, set in a wrinkled, uneven, wide 
basin; flesh firm, rather crisp, moderately juicy, sprightly sub- 
acid, good quality. Season, September. 
Mr. T. T. Lyon, in Bulletin No. 2, U. 8. Div. Pomology, 1888, 
p. 39, reports this variety as adapted to northern New York and 
northern New England. In these sections its season would prob- 
ably be Jater than it is at Geneva. 
-Buckingham.— A southern apple of unknown origin, received 
from R. G. Chase & Co., Geneva, N. Y., in 1888, under the name 
of Winter Queen. The fruit is medium to large, oblate, yellow, 
_ blushed and mottled with red and carmine, whitish bloom; stem 
about an inch long, set in a broad, deep, slightly russeted cavity; 
calyx small, closed, set in a deep-ribbed basin, sometimes varying 
to shallow; flesh nearly white, crisp, juicy, mild, subacid, with 
distinct aroma: rather coarse; good flavor and quality. Season, 
~ December. 
Cox’s Pomona.— Scions of this variety were received from 
Ellwanger & Barry, in 1883. It bore its first fruit in 1892. It 
does not agree well with the description giyen by Downing. 
