. American horticultural manual .. . ng to its unusual weight; a deep, rich, sandy loam is requiredfor its best development; tree vigorous, spreading, productive. Fruit medium to large, roundish to roimdish oblate, mostly regular,often obscurelj angular; surface rougliened by dots and sometimes THE APPLE. 185 with gray russet net-vcining, grocnish yellow, with bronze or redblush, at full maturity a fine dead golden yellow; dots many, verylarge, conspicuous, light russet; cavity regular, narrow, often russeted,sometimes nearly closed; stem long, slender; basin almost fiat,smooth, or faintly wri
. American horticultural manual .. . ng to its unusual weight; a deep, rich, sandy loam is requiredfor its best development; tree vigorous, spreading, productive. Fruit medium to large, roundish to roimdish oblate, mostly regular,often obscurelj angular; surface rougliened by dots and sometimes THE APPLE. 185 with gray russet net-vcining, grocnish yellow, with bronze or redblush, at full maturity a fine dead golden yellow; dots many, verylarge, conspicuous, light russet; cavity regular, narrow, often russeted,sometimes nearly closed; stem long, slender; basin almost fiat,smooth, or faintly wrinkled; calyx open; segments Hat closed, clasping; tube funnel-shaped; stamens marginal; cellsroundish ovate, slit; seeds many, plump, pointed; Ilesh yellowish,very heavy, fine-grained, very rich, ar(jmatic, very mild subacid,and spicy fragrance, verv good to Ix-st. December to Marcli. Swazy Fonimc Gris (Puniiiir (Irisc iTOr).—SupiMised origin nearNiagara, Ontario, Canada; tree is moderately vig(jrous, upright, good. Swazy Pnmnte Oris. bearer in alternate years; fruit more oblong, of richer yellow andmore aromatic than the Pomme (.rise and is considereil superior to small to below medium, oblate to roundish: surface deepyellow, nearly covered with a thin light brownish gray russet; dotsmany,distinct, but not conspicuous; cavity deep, narrow; stemshort to long, slender; basin narrow, dei-p, slightly corrugated;cah-x half open. Core small; flesh pale greenisli yellow, tine-grained,tender, juicy, aromatic, rich, sprightly subacid, very good to to April. 1S6 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY Sweet Longfield (20 .1/.).—Origin, Russia; an excellent late sum-mer sweet apple, following Smoky Arcad and Beautiful Arcade inseason. The original name, Kiusk Reinetti, was changed to SweetLongfield by Prof. liudd, and this was adoi)ted by the Russian Jso-menclature Commission. Fruit large, regular, oblong conic, somewhat truncated; surfacegreenish yellow, often with
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