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== Fruit squarish, subtruncate, slightly longer than broad, neither 
oblate nor with apex contorted. 
Sweet Mountain.* Plants 14-2 ft. high. Branches 
comparatively few. Fruit 3 —4 in. long, 2-3 in. diam., 
not tapering toward the apex, 3-4 shallow furrows 
extending the entire length, usually uniformly 3-lobed ; 
flesh mild. Originated about 1865. 
This variety is sometimes considered a synonym of 
Bell but the uniformly smaller plants and larger and milder 
fruits, which are not as subject to great variation, make it 
quite distinct, though at most it is but a subvariety or 
improved form.— Plate 19, f. 2, and plate 20. 
Gotpren Dawn.t Not usually distinguishable from the 
last except that the fruit is of a beautiful golden yellow 
color. It often varies to subconical without increasing in 
length. Introduced about 1882.— Plate 21, f. 2. 
= = = Fruit squarish, subtruncate, longer than broad, usually slightly 
tapering. 
Rusy Kine.t Plant not distinguishable from Sweet 
Mountain. Fruit 4-7 in. long, 2-4 in. diam., deeply 4-5 
furrowed and lobed, usually slightly tapering toward the 
apex ; flesh slightly pungent. A very large form of Bell. 
Introduced about 1884.— Plate 21, f. 1. 
Goupen Kine § is said to have originated as a sport 
* Burr, Field & Gard. Veg. 625. 1863.— Bailey, Bull. Mich. Agr. 
Col. 31: 41. 1887.— Sweet Mountain, or Mammoth. Hend. Gard. for Profit 
264. 1886.—French, Piment carré doux d@’Amérique.—German, Eckiger 
dicker kurzer rother siisser Pfeffer. 
+ Thorburn, Cat. 1883.—Hend. Gard. for Profit 265. 1886 [3d ed.].— 
Golden Dawn Mango. Sibley, Cat. 1884.— Yellow Bell. Bailey, Bull. Mich. 
Agr. Col. 81:41. 1887.— Yellow Nocre. Notes and figures by Dr. Stur- 
tevant, seed from Batchelor, 1887.— Sweet Golden Dawn. Thorburn, 
Cat. 1887.— Golden Mango. Seed from Childs, 1892.—French, Piment 
carré jaune hatif. 
t Hend. Gard. for Profit 265. 1886 [8d ed.].— New Large Scarlet. 
Batchelor, seed, 1887. 
§ Burpee, Cat. 1894.— Mammoth Golden Queen. Storrs & Harrison, 
Cat.1882.- Orange Mammoth. Livingston, seed, 1887.— French, Piment 
mammoth jaune dor. 
