. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 56. Tompkins King. {XV2) it is one of the most widely planted apples in home orchards, and in either home or foreign market sells for a higher average than most other standard apples. The fruits are a beauti- ful red on a yellow background, handsomely moulded, uniformly large and symmetrical; while the flesh is rather coarse, it is crisp, tender, juicy, aromatic, and richly flavored. In common storage. King keeps until January, and in cold storage two or three months later. While the fruit is paramount, the trees are far from being so;
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 56. Tompkins King. {XV2) it is one of the most widely planted apples in home orchards, and in either home or foreign market sells for a higher average than most other standard apples. The fruits are a beauti- ful red on a yellow background, handsomely moulded, uniformly large and symmetrical; while the flesh is rather coarse, it is crisp, tender, juicy, aromatic, and richly flavored. In common storage. King keeps until January, and in cold storage two or three months later. While the fruit is paramount, the trees are far from being so; lack in hardiness, healthi- ness, longevity, and productiveness, so that few varieties are harder to handle. King thrives only in fertile, well-drained soils, and, since at best there are many windfalls, it must be sheltered from strong w^inds. Codlin-moth takes heavy toll, but there is comparatively little injury from apple-scab, though the trees suffer much from apple-canker, sun-scald, and collar-rot. Many recommend working King on a more vigorous stock. The variety originated in Warren County, New , whence, about 1804, it was brought to Tompkins County. New York, and given its present name. It is widely distributed throughout the North and East, but is most commonly grown in New York, where it ranks fourth in commercial importance. Tree vigorous, spreading, open ; lateral branches slen- der and drooping. Fruit large to very large, uniform in shape and size, round or oblate, sometimes conic, regular or obscurely ribbed; stem short to long, some- times thick and swollen; cavity large, obtuse, deep, narrow, furrowed or wavy, occasionally lipped, often ruBseted, sometimes with fine outspreading russet; calyx large, closed or open ; segments long, acuminate; basin email, narrow, shallow, deep, abrupt, regular or ob- scurely ridged and wrinkled ; skin smooth or roughened with russet dots, yellow, mottled and washed with orange- red, often shading to deep red, striped and s
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