Archive image from page 74 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhar00hedr Year: 1922 RALLS RED ASTRACHAN 53 radiating from the cavity, sometimes with a brownish- red blush but never red ; dots conspicuous, white, often areolar with russet center; calyx-tube wide, conical; stamens median; core large, axilej cells symmetrical, closed or open, not uniformly developed ; core-lines clasping; carpels thin, broadly round, but slightly emarginate if at all, often tufted ; seeds small, wide, plump, acute, light brown, tufted ; flesh yellow, firm, crisp and juicy
Archive image from page 74 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhar00hedr Year: 1922 RALLS RED ASTRACHAN 53 radiating from the cavity, sometimes with a brownish- red blush but never red ; dots conspicuous, white, often areolar with russet center; calyx-tube wide, conical; stamens median; core large, axilej cells symmetrical, closed or open, not uniformly developed ; core-lines clasping; carpels thin, broadly round, but slightly emarginate if at all, often tufted ; seeds small, wide, plump, acute, light brown, tufted ; flesh yellow, firm, crisp and juicy, sweet with a peculiar flavor; good; October to January. RALLS. Genet. Geneton. Genneting. Janet. Ralls Genet. Winter Genneting. Ralls is a south- ern apple, but its good characters have enabled it to gain a foothold in parts of the North and West as well. The apples are not large, nor are they attractive in shape or color; but they are excellent in qualitj and this has given the variety high place in the South, par- ticularly in regions where the poorly flavored Ben Davis and York Imperial are the chief commercial apples. The young trees annually bear large crops of apples of fair size, but the old trees are biennial in bearing, and the apples, though borne in great abundance, are small. The variety is noted as one of the latest to bloom, so that it often escapes un- favorable weather at blooming time. The origin of Ralls is not known, but it first came to the notice of fruit-growers about 1800 on the farm of Caleb Ralls, Amherst County, Virginia. Tree of medium size, vigorous, upright-spreading, inclined to droop, dense. Fruit medium in size, uniform in size and shape, round-oblate or round-conic, sym- metrical ; stem long and slender; cavity obtuse, deep, sometimes compressed or furrowed, often russeted ; calyx small, open ; basin often oblique, wide, shallow, abrupt, wrinkled ; skin smooth, yellow blushed and mottled with red, indistinctly striped with carmine, overspread
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