. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 46 MOTHER NORTHERN SPY russet dots or with capillary russet lines which become â concentric toward the calyx, green marbled with yellow or pale yellow blushed with lively red; dots variable, numerous, green and areolar, with brown-russet points, often elongated about the cavity; calyx-tube large, wide, conical, with fleshy pistil point projecting into the base; stamens median; core small, abaxile with hollow cylinder in the axis; cells symmetrical and closed ; core- lines meeting or clasping; carpels round-obcordate, mu- cronate, tufted; seed
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 46 MOTHER NORTHERN SPY russet dots or with capillary russet lines which become â concentric toward the calyx, green marbled with yellow or pale yellow blushed with lively red; dots variable, numerous, green and areolar, with brown-russet points, often elongated about the cavity; calyx-tube large, wide, conical, with fleshy pistil point projecting into the base; stamens median; core small, abaxile with hollow cylinder in the axis; cells symmetrical and closed ; core- lines meeting or clasping; carpels round-obcordate, mu- cronate, tufted; seeds few, long, acute, tufted; flesh yellow, firm, coarse, crisp, tender, juicy, brisk subacid, becoming mild, aromatic; good to very good ; November to February. MOTHER. Fig. 36. Mother is one of the prized apples of old orchards, valued alike for its handsome appearance and its tender, rich, well-flavored flesh It, calls to mind the better-. 36. Mother. (XVa) known Esopus Spitzenburg, but it is not quite so good an apple either for dessert or for cooker>', falling short in flavor and keeping qualities. The trees are seldom satisfactory and should be top-worked on a more vigorous stock to obtain vigor and thrift. Mother was described first in iS48 from Worcester County, Massachusetts. It is very generally grown in all apple regions. Tree small, slow grower, upright-spreading, open. Fruit large, uniform in size and shape, round, round- conic or oblong-ovate, obscurely and broadly ribbed; stem long, slender; cavity acute, shallow, broad, often russeted, sometimes furrowed, compressed or lipped; calyx small, closed or nearly so; lobes narrow, acute; "basin shallow, narrow, abrupt, furrowed and wrinkled ; Bkin thin, smooth, golden yellow covered with bright deep red, marbled and striped with carmine; dots in- conspicuous, yellow, submerged ; calyx-tube long, funnel- form with wide limb and narrow cylinder; stamens marginal; core small, abaxile; cells symmetrical, open or par
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