Archive image from page 64 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhar00hedr Year: 1922 McINTOSH MAIDEN BLUSH 43 McINTOSH. Fig. 33. Mcintosh Red. If one were compelled to choose the apple of apples as the season's varieties pass by, choos- ing in respect to the qualities which, united, gratify the greatest number of senses, few would hesitate in naming Mcintosh sovereign of all. The fruits of Mcintosh are uniquely beautiful, outwardly and inwardly, the flavor is hardly surpassed, and the whole apple is most agreeably perfumed. The bright deep- red color is
Archive image from page 64 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhar00hedr Year: 1922 McINTOSH MAIDEN BLUSH 43 McINTOSH. Fig. 33. Mcintosh Red. If one were compelled to choose the apple of apples as the season's varieties pass by, choos- ing in respect to the qualities which, united, gratify the greatest number of senses, few would hesitate in naming Mcintosh sovereign of all. The fruits of Mcintosh are uniquely beautiful, outwardly and inwardly, the flavor is hardly surpassed, and the whole apple is most agreeably perfumed. The bright deep- red color is made more attractive by a heavy 33. Mcintosh. (XVa) and characteristic bloom. Well grown, each apple seems to have been turned out of the same mould—a sphere modified by a little oblateness. When the apples are cut, flesh of snowy whiteness rimmed and stained with red is exposed—firm, fine, crisp, tender, and juicy, with a rich, delicious, and very dis- tinctive flavor. The trees are vigorous, hardy, and healthy. Three serious faults detract from its value as a commercial fruit: apple-scab fungus seriously disfigures fruit and foliage; the crop ripens unevenly; and the apples sel- dom hang until sufficiently mature. The va- riety originated in Dundas County, Ontario, on the Mcintosh homestead, from which its distribution was begun about 1870. Tree vigorous, round or spreading, with numerous small, slender laterals. Fruit large, uniform in shape and size, round-oblate, regular ; stem short, stout, slender, usually not exserted, often with irregular protuberances; cavity large, acuminate, wide, broadly furrowed, often partly russeted; calyx small, closed or partly open; lobes short, narrow, acute; basin pubescent, small, narrow, abrupt, smooth or obscurely furrowed ; skin thin, tender, smooth, readily separating from the flesh, pale-yellow washed and deeply blushed with bright red and striped with carmine, highly-colored specimens dark red with the carmine stripes obscure
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