(I) ALLINGTON.

This is a late winter apple of medium size, yellow with a bronze blush, subacid. It was originated by S. A. Alling of Homer, Minnesota. As a seedling it was awarded first premium by the Minnesota Horticultural Society in 1901.¹ We have received no reports of its being grown in New York State.

(II) ALLINGTON.

REFERENCES. 1. Bunyard, Jour. Royal Hort. Soc., 21:356. 1898. 2. Jour. Royal Hort. Soc., 27:217. 1903. fig.

SYNONYM. ALLINGTON PIPPIN (1, 2).

This is a new English variety which was awarded a first class certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1894. (1) Although it is of good size and of good quality it is not attractive enough in color to make it a promising commercial variety for New York. It has not been tested here sufficiently to show how well it is adapted to New York conditions.

TREE.

Tree vigorous. Form spreading, rather open. Twigs long to below medium, irregular, crooked, rather slender; internodes above medium to below medium in length. Bark rather dull brownish-red and dull green; on older wood rather light green. Lenticels scattering, large, roundish, sometimes raised. Buds large, roundish, rather obtuse, appressed, pubescent. Leaves somewhat narrow. As grown at the Geneva Station it comes into bearing young and gives promise of being quite productive.

¹ Hansen, S. D., Expt. Sta. Bul. 76:22. 1902.

FRUIT.

Fruit medium to large, pretty uniform in size. Form roundish, often somewhat inclined to oblong conic varying to slightly oblate, sides unequal, sometimes slightly ribbed, rather uniform in shape. Stem medium to long. Cavity rather obtuse to acute or slightly acuminate, rather shallow to moderately deep, moderately narrow, usually russeted, sometimes prominently lipped. Calyx medium to large, closed or partly open; lobes very long, acuminate, reflexed. Basin rather obtuse, moderately wide, medium to shallow, often slightly corrugated, nearly symmetrical. Skin thick, smooth, greenish-yellow almost entirely overspread with somewhat dull red, indistinctly striped and mottled with carmine, sprinkled with gray dots; occasionally rather large russet dots and flecks are seen. Not particularly attractive in color. Calyx tube rather large, rather short and wide to sometimes long, funnelform with short truncate cylinder and fleshy projection of pistil point into its base. Core medium or below, open or partly closed, nearly axile; core lines meeting or when the tube is funnel-form, clasping the cylinder of the tube. Carpels roundish ovate to pointed ovate, deeply emarginate. Seeds below medium, very numerous, dark, short, obtuse to acute, plump. Flesh tinged with yellow, moderately coarse, rather crisp, tender, rather firm, very juicy, briskly subacid to nearly acid, pleasantly aromatic, rich in flavor, good in quality. Season November to midwinter. Uses. Acceptable for dessert. Particularly suitable for culinary use.

— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 1 (1905)