. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 24 COLTON COOPER MARKET regions where Ben Davis thrives. The fruit is somewhat like that of Baldwin in shape and color, with a cavity like that of Rome Beauty. The trees have a high reputation for vinor and productiveness. In the North, the fruit m much inferior in appearance and quality to Baldwin, and it is not equal to Rome Beauty or even Ben Davis in these ^pects in the South. Collins originated about 1865 near Fayetteville, Arkansas. Tree large, tall, very vigorous, upright and dense, eventually betoining op' similar to the better-kn
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 24 COLTON COOPER MARKET regions where Ben Davis thrives. The fruit is somewhat like that of Baldwin in shape and color, with a cavity like that of Rome Beauty. The trees have a high reputation for vinor and productiveness. In the North, the fruit m much inferior in appearance and quality to Baldwin, and it is not equal to Rome Beauty or even Ben Davis in these ^pects in the South. Collins originated about 1865 near Fayetteville, Arkansas. Tree large, tall, very vigorous, upright and dense, eventually betoining op' similar to the better-known Alexander, from which it differs in that the fruit ripens a week later, keeps longer, hangs later, cracks less, and is a little better in quality. The trees are not so large as of Alexander and may be planted more closely. The origin of Constantine is uncertain. It was first described in Europe in 1873, in America in 1880 in the Iowa HorLicul' tural Society 15. Constantine. (XVo) Tree small, at first vigorous but becoming a slow grower, spreading, open, with short, stout, curved branches. Fruit very large, round-conic to oblate-conic, regular or riblied, ; stem medium to long, slender to thick ; cavity large, acuminate, very deep, broad, sjTiimetrical, russeted and with outspreading rays of greenish-russet ; calyx open; lobes medium in width and length, acute; basin narrow, abrupt, smooth or wrinkled ; skin thick, tough, smooth, waxy, greenish- yellow, mottled, marbled and blushed with bright red over nearly the whole surface, with wide broken stripes of carmine radiating from the cavity, overspread with thin bloom ; dots white or pale russet ; prevailing effect bright red ; calyx-tube long, wide, funnel-shape ; stamens median; core of medium size, abaxile; cells open or closed; core-lines clasping; carpels broadly ox ate or cordate, emarginate; seeds medium in size, wide, short, thick, plump, obtuse, dark brown ; flesh white, firm, coarse, ten
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