Hyslop.

This variety has been long and pretty extensively cultivated. The trees are hardy, the growth strong, rather spreading. Wood light colored, a little downy.

Fruit large, produced in clusters, roundish ovate, dark rich red, covered with a thick blue bloom. Stalk long, slender. Calyx closed. Flesh yellowish, subacid, good for culinary uses and for cider.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Hyslop.* Large, round; in clusters; bright, deep crimson, blue bloom; sub-acid, only fair quality, handsome. Tree very hardy and vigorous. October. The most popular variety.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

HYSLOP.

REFERENCES. 1. Warder, Tilt. Jour. Hort., 1869:206. figs. 2. Downing, 1869:424. 3. Fitz, 1872:147. 4. Gibb, Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1876:21. 5. Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1876:110. 6. Barry, 1883:359. 7. Gibb, Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1884:398. 8. Thomas, 1885:513. 9. Wickson, 1889:249. 10. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:241. 11. Munson, Me. Sta. Rpt., 1893:134. 12. La. Sta. Bul., 27:926. 1894. 13. Can. Hort., 26:489. 1903. figs. 14. Budd-Hansen, 1903:220. fig.

SYNONYMS. HISLOP (1). HYSLOP (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14). HYSLOP'S CRAB (8).

Fruit large, very brilliantly colored, dark red or purplish overspread with thick blue bloom; borne in clusters. The tree is a good grower, very hardy, and a reliable cropper yielding good crops biennially or in some cases annually. It is desirable both for home use and for market.

Historical. Origin unknown. In 1869 Downing remarked: "This variety has been long and pretty extensively cultivated" (2). It is commonly listed by nurserymen throughout the country (10). It is one of the best known and most widely cultivated of the crabapples.

TREE.

Tree vigorous or moderately vigorous. Form upright spreading, rather open. Twigs long, curved, slender; internodes long. Bark olive-green, tinged with reddish-brown, lightly streaked with scarf-skin; slightly pubescent near tips. Lenticels numerous, very conspicuous, greenish-yellow, medium to large, oblong. Buds exceptionally large and prominent, very long, narrow, plump, acute, free, slightly pubescent.

FRUIT.

Fruit above medium to large, very uniform in size and shape. Form roundish ovate or obovate, sometimes a little inclined to oblong, regular or obscurely ribbed, symmetrical. Stem rather short to very long, slender. Cavity acuminate, rather small, shallow, narrow to medium in width, sometimes furrowed, often slightly russeted. Calyx medium to large, closed; lobes medium to long, narrow, acuminate, reflexed. Basin shallow, medium to wide, distinctly furrowed and wrinkled.

Skin clear pale yellow almost completely overspread with lively dark red shading to deep carmine or purplish carmine and covered with thick, blue bloom. Dots small, numerous, pale or gray.

Calyx tube short, narrow, cone-shape to urn-shape. Stamens median.

Core medium size, axile; cells symmetrical, closed; core lines meeting. Carpels elongated ovate, emarginate. Seeds small, narrow, short, plump, obtuse to acute, medium brown.

Flesh yellow, sometimes with tinge of red next the skin, very firm, moderately fine, at first juicy but eventually becoming dry and mealy, subacid, astringent, good for culinary purposes.

Season late September and October.

— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)

Hyslop. — An old and widely known variety. Tree of strong growth, rather spreading. Wood light-colored, a little downy. Its late season and showy appearance makes it valuable for market.

Fruit large, produced in clusters, roundish, tapering, regular, sometimes obscurely angular; surface smooth, nearly or entirely covered with very dark solid red, with heavy blue bloom, a beautiful fruit; dots minute, yellow, obscure, many; cavity obtuse, regular; stem long, slender; basin flat, corrugated; calyx small, closed; segments divergent. Core closed; tube conical; stamens median; flesh yellow, acid; good for culinary use and for cider. September to November.

Hyslop Crab.

— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)

HYSLOP. Hyslop has long been one of the standard American crab-apples, and is widely distributed and extensively cultivated. The apples are a brilliant, dark red with heavy blue bloom, and are thickly borne in large clusters. The flesh is yellow with a tinge of red next the skin, firm, fine-grained, juicy, but eventually becoming dry and mealy. The trees are vigorous, hardy, and fruitful. The origin of the variety is unknown; Warder first set forth its good qualities in 1869.

Tree vigorous, upright-spreading, open. Fruit medium to large, uniform in size and shape, round-ovate or obovate, sometimes oblong, regular or obscurely ribbed, symmetrical; stem short to very long, slender; cavity acuminate, small, shallow, narrow, sometimes furrowed, often russeted; calyx closed; lobes long, narrow, acuminate, reflexed; basin shallow, wide, distinctly furrowed and wrinkled; skin pale yellow overspread with dark red shading to deep carmine and covered with thick bloom; dots small, numerous, pale; calyx-tube short, narrow, cone-shape to urn-shape; stamens median; core medium size, axile; cells symmetrical, closed; core-lines meeting; carpels elongated-ovate, emarginate; seeds small, narrow, short, plump, obtuse, brown; flesh yellow, sometimes with tinge of red next the skin, very firm, fine, at first juicy but becoming dry and mealy, subacid, astringent; very good; late September and October.

— U.P. Hedrick, Cyclopedia of Hardy Fruits (1922)

Planted Spring 1890. Tree a strong grower and productive. Fruit large, roundish, ovate. Skin dark rich red, with a blue bloom. Season September.

— Central Experimental Farm, Central Experimental Farm, Agassiz BC — Catalogue of Fruit Trees under Test (Bulletin No. 3, 1900) (1900)