Fig. 161.—POUGHKEEPSIE RUSSET.
Origin New York; Tree tender, vigorous, upright, productive; Shoots brown, slender; Foliage healthy.
Fruit medium, conical or globular-conical, regular; Surface smooth, almost polished, dull yellowish-green, often bronzed near the base, more or less covered with fine russet.
Basin shallow, regular; Eye large, closed.
Cavity pointed, wavy; Stem long.
Core closed, not meeting the eye; Seeds imperfect; Flesh greenish, firm, inclined to be tough; Flavor acid, poor; Quality third rate; Use, market and cooking only, and valued because it keeps soundly for a long time; Season, December until June.
Ross' Nonpareil.
SPICE RUSSET? OF OHIO.
