The Apple: The Kansas Apple, the Big Red Apple; the Luscious, Red-Cheeked First Love of the Farmer's Boy; the Healthful, Hearty Heart of the Darling Dumpling. What It Is; How to Grow It; Its Commercial and Economic Importance; How to Utilize It.
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The Apple: The Kansas Apple, the Big Red Apple; the Luscious, Red-Cheeked First Love of the Farmer's Boy; the Healthful, Hearty Heart of the Darling Dumpling. What It Is; How to Grow It; Its Commercial and Economic Importance; How to Utilize It.
Apples
Origin unknown. A variety considerably grown in Indiana, where it is
much esteemed. Tree moderately vigorous, spreading, productive. Fruit
medium, oblate, sides sometimes unequal. Color greenish white, shaded
and splashed in the sun with dull crimson. Stalk of medium length.
Cavity broad, uneven. Calyx open. Basin large, rather deep. Flesh
whitish yellow, rather firm, juicy, rich subacid. Core medium. Very
good. September and October.
MUSTER.
Origin unknown. Fruit oblate, yellow, mostly covered with mixed red and
splashes of crimson. Flesh yellow, fine grained, tender, juicy, subacid,
aromatic. Best. Core small. August and September. (Warder.)
WAGENER.
Origin, Penn Yan, Yates county, New York. Tree thrifty, upright, hardy,
and early bearer. Requires thinning to produce good-flavored fruit. When
grown in the shade is wanting in flavor. Young wood light, reddish
brown, slightly downy. Buds prominent. Fruit medium or above, roundish
oblate, yellow, mostly shaded with crimson, obscurely striped, and
splashed with light dots. Stalk nearly an inch long, rather slender,
inserted in a large, broad, irregular cavity. Calyx small and closed,
set in a rather abrupt, somewhat corrugated basin. Flesh yellowish, very
tender, juicy, excellent, brisk, somewhat vinous. Very good to best. A
very delicate apple. Ripe November to February.
BROADWELL.
_Synonym_: Broadwell Sweet.
Originated with Jacob Broadwell, near Cincinnati, Ohio. An extremely
valuable sweet apple, either for the table or cooking. Tree vigorous,
quite hardy, very spreading, irregular, productive. Young shoots dull,
reddish brown, downy. Fruit medium, oblate, somewhat conic. Color clear,
bright yellow, brownish blush in the sun exposure, with carmine spots.
Dots few, greenish, suffused beneath. Stalk rather short. Cavity broad,
russeted. Calyx closed, with short segments. Basin regular. Flesh
whitish, firm, juicy, rich, sweet. Core small. Very good. November to
February.
SUPERB.
Origin, Franklin county, North Carolina. Tree tolerably vigorous,
spreading, and a prodigious bearer. Fruit medium or above, roundish,
oblate, regular. Skin green, rarely with a blush. Stalk of medium
length, in a shallow cavity. Calyx large and open. Flesh yellow, solid,
slightly coarse grained, rich, subacid. Good to very good. November to
March.
RAMBO.
_Synonyms_: Fall Romanite, Gray Romanite, Striped Rambo, Delaware,
Romanite, Seek-no-further, Bread and Cheese, Rambouillet, Trumpington,
Large Rambo, and Terry's Redstreak.
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