The Apples Of New York (vol Ii)

THE APPLES OF NEW YORK VOLUME II BY S. A. BEACH Horticulturist ASSISTED BY N. O. BOOTH Assistant Horticulturist AND O. M. TAYLOR Foreman In Horticulture Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1903 II ALBANY J. B. LYON COMPANY, PRINTERS 1905 INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. HALF-TONE PLATES. FACING PAGE. Admirable 2 Arctic 8 Blenheim 22 Cabashea 28 Cox Orange 42 Cranberry Pippin 44 Early Harvest 50 Early Joe 52 Early Ripe 54 Fall Orange 60 Gladstone 76 Golden Sweet 82 Haas . . v 90 Hawley 94 Hoadley 100 Hook 102 Jefferis Jersey Sweet no Judson 1 12 Landsberg Late Strawberry Longfield 122 Lowell 128 McMahon 136 Magog 138 Ohio Pippin 148 Parry White 156 Patten 158 Pomona 164 Porter 166 Pumpkin Russet 170 Sharp 198 Sops of Wine 202 Sour Bough 204 Tetofsky 220 Workaroe 246 Montreal Beauty Crab . 262 COLOR PLATES. Alexander 4 Benoni 16 Bismarck 20 iii 108 118 120 iv INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. COLOR PLATES Continued. FACING PAGE. Champlain 30 Chenango 34 Collamer 36 Constantine 40 Cranberry Pippin . . . . 44 Detroit Red 46 Dudley Early Harvest 50 Early Strawberry 56 Fall Pippin 62 Fameuse 66 Fanny Fishkill 70 Gravenstein 84 Keswick 1 16 Lee Sweet section 136 Lee Sweet whole fruit, see Volume 1 230 Mclntosh 132 McLellan Section 136 McLellan whole fruit.- 134 Maiden Blush 140 Mother 144 Munson 146 Oldenburg 150 Pease 160 Primate 168 Pumpkin Sweet 172 Red Astrachan 178 Red June 180 Ribston 84 Shiawassee 200 Stump 208 Sweet Bough 216 Twenty Ounce 228 Victoria 232 Wealthy . 236 Williams 242 Wolf River 244 Yellow Transparent 248 Excelsior Crab 254 Hyslop Crab 256 Large Red Siberian Crab 258 Martha Crab 260 Red Siberian Crab 264 Transcendent Crab, 266 . . 48 68 THE APPLES OF NEWYORK. ADIRONDACK. REFERENCE, i. Taylor, U. S. Pom. Rpt., 1893285. SYNONYMS. None. This variety is said to have originated in Clinton county. We have re- ceived no reports of its being grown outside of the locality of its origin. Taylor gives the following description of it. i. Roundish, conical regular, of medium size, with smooth surface, becoming glossy when rubbed color rich yellow, washed and striped with red dots small, straw color, slightly elevated cavity large, round, deep, flaring stem of medium length and thickness, slightly knobbed basin small, nearly round, very shallow, with convex sides, slightly and regularly ribbed and downy calyx segments rather small, meeting eye small, closed. Skin thin, tough core large, broad, heart-shaped, moderately open, clasping seeds numerous, oval, plump, grayish brown flesh yellowish white, granular, rather dry, tender flavor mild subacid quality good. Season, October to January in Clinton county, New York. Tree a good grower resembles Baldwin in its bearing habit hardy at its place of origin. This variety is said to have originated from seed of Westfield Seek-No-Further crossed with Hubbardston. It is a promising early winter apple for Northern New York and New England. ADMIRABLE. REFERENCES, i. Downing, 1869 1354. 2. Leroy, 1873 8i3. fig. 3. Hogg, 1884214. 4. N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 8339, 348. 1889. 5. Beach, Ib., n 589, 595, 1892. 6. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui., 248110. 1904. SYNONYMS. ADMIRABLE 6. SMALLS ADMIRABLE i, 2, 3, 4, 5. Small Admirable 6. Fruit green or yellow, not particularly attractive. At its best it is very good for dessert use, but as grown at this Station it usually ranks but fair to good in quality and the fruit is veryapt to show imperfect spots in the flesh which are evidently due to some physiological defect. In England it is regarded as an ex- cellent kitchen and dessert apple and the tree is said to be an immense bearer and well adapted for dwarf culture 3. So far as tested at this Station the tree has been an annual cropper and very productive, often yielding full crops...