Striped Gilliflower.

Fruit quite large, oblong, conical, truncated, ribbed ; Surface smooth, yellowish white, mixed red, splashed carmine ; Dots rare, gray. Basin abrupt, folded ; Eye large, closed. Cavity wide, wavy, brown ; Stem short, curved. Core large, round, very open, meeting the eye ; Seeds Fig. 293.— STRIPED GILLIFLOWER. small, plump, black; Flesh yellowish white, breaking; Flavor sub-acid ; Quality scarcely good ; Use, market only ; Season, September. Less ribbed than the Scalloped Gilliflower.

— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)

STRIPED GILLIFLOWER.—Farley.—Scollop Gilliflower.

These apples were formerly considered identical, but time and experience have proven them distinct. The striped variety is a vigorous grower, with long shoots, and generally bears good crops annually. It is a showy fruit, and in some localities, thought much of for market and culinary uses; the fruit is variable in form and size, usually roundish conical, angular, or more or less ribbed; skin white, striped and mottled with bright lively red; flesh whitish, crisp, juicy, with a brisk, subacid flavor. The scollop variety is a moderate, or poor grower, the young shoots much darker colored, the tree more spreading, a poor bearer, and has nearly gone out of use; the fruit is roundish oblate conic, more ribbed, the color much darker, rather dull red, with broader stripes and splashes, the flesh more yellow, of a mild, subacid aromatic, richer in quality, and a month or more later in ripening, than the striped variety; they are known by the following names and synonyms.

Striped Gilliflower. Striped Bellflower. Scollop Gilliflower, incorrectly. Red Gilliflower.

Scollop Gilliflower. Ribbed Gilliflower. Five-Quartered Gilliflower. Jellyflower. Red Gilliflower, of some.

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

Striped Gilliflower. Roundish-conical, striped bright red on white skin, brisk sub-acid. Tree a vigorous grower. Winter.

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

STRIPED GILLIFLOWER.

References. 1. Warder, 1867:696. fig. 2. Downing, 1876:69 app. 3. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:250. 4. Burrill and McCluer, Ill. Sta. Bul. 45:342. 1896. 5. Thomas, 1897:654. 6. Budd-Hansen, 1903:181.

Synonyms. Red Gilliflower (2). Scollop Gilliflower, incorrectly (2). Striped Bellflower (2). Striped Gilliflower (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

This variety appears to be practically obsolete in New York. The tree is a vigorous grower and generally productive (2).

Fruit (1, 2, 6).

Fruit large to very large. Form variable roundish conic to oblong conic, often furrowed, angular, but less ribbed than Scollop Gilliflower. Stem short, curved. Cavity acute, deep, wide, furrowed, brown or russeted. Calyx large, closed or partly open; lobes erect. Basin shallow, abrupt. Skin yellowish-white or greenish, partly covered with dull red, striped and splashed with carmine. Dots few, indistinct, gray or white. Calyx tube cone-shape. Stamens median. Core sessile, abaxile, large; cells wide open; core lines meeting or slightly clasping. Carpels tufted. Seeds few, small, roundish, plump, obtuse, black. Flesh yellowish-white, breaking, juicy, briskly subacid, fair to good. Season September.

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

Striped Gilliflower. — Origin unknown. Distinct from Scollop Gilliflower; the two varieties were formerly considered identical.

Fruit variable in size and form, size large to very large; in form varying from roundish conical to oblong conical (about half of each, one grower reports), irregular, angular, often furrowed; surface light greenish yellow, thinly striped with dull red on sunny side; dots very obscure, few, minute, white; cavity deep, acute, with stellate russet; stem short; basin shallow with a few sharp minute ridges; calyx closed or half open; segment serect convergent. Core wide open, sessile, barely clasping; cells abaxile, elliptical, much slit with broad ridges of cellular exudate; tube conical; stamens median; seeds few, small, nearly round, very blunt; flesh whitish, juicy, crisp, brisk subacid, fair to good. September.

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