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stout; basin rather wide, shallow, plaited; calyx closed; color pale yellow, 

 with a greasy feel, hence its synonym — Greasy Pippin; flesh whitish, 

 coarse, granular, a pleasant acid, juice plentiful; seeds few; quality 3; a 

 productive dessert and market fruit. 



No. 2, New (crab), ripe September; size 8; form roundish oblate, 

 slightly conical; cavity broad, rather deep, regular, with a little brownish 

 russet; stem one and one half inches, slender, baisin broad, shallow, 

 calyx partially open; segments reflexed; calyx tube bowl-like; flesh green- 

 ish white, acid, juicy, tender; core ojpen, large seeds, many, small, plump, 

 nearly round; quality 4; culinary; one of P. M. Gideon's seedlings, 

 Minnesota. 



Oakland (Oakland Co. Seeknofurther), ripe November, March; size 

 3 to 4; form oblate, irregular; cavity narrow, deep, irregular, russeted; stem 

 one one fourth inches, slender; basin irregular, slightly corrugated, broad, 

 shallow; calyx small, closed; calyx tube conical; flesh white, crisp, fine- 

 grained, mild subacid, juicy, very pleasant; core nearly closed, small; seeds 

 small, ovate; quality 2; table, market. 



Oldenburg (Borovinkaof J. L. Budd), ripe b. September; size 2 to 3; 

 form roundish oblate, regular; cavity acute; stem medium; basin wide, 

 regular; calyx large, closed; color yellow, distinctly striped, with a light 

 bloom; flesh white, tender, juicy, rather acid; quality 3 to 4; valuable for 

 cooking and market; tree vigorous, very productive, and hardy; Russian. 



Ontario, ripe January to April; size 2; form oblate, remotely conical, slight- 

 ly irregular; cavity broad, deep, sometimes lipped, russeted; stem one half 

 inch, slender; basin rather narrow, deep, corrugated, irregular; calyx small, 

 closed; color bright yellow, with a clear, red cheek in the sun; dots few, 

 whitish; flesh whitish yellow, tender, juicy, subacid, aromatic, core closed, 

 small; seeds few, ovate; the offspring of across between Northern Spy 

 and Wagener by the late Charles Arnold of Ontario. 



Peter, ripe m. e. September; size 2; form oblate, regular; cavity, broad, 

 deep, with gray russet; stem one half inch; basin narrow, deep, slightly 

 plaited; calyx rather large, irregularly closed; calyx tube conical; color yel- 

 low, washed with red over nearly the entire surface, and striped with 

 darker red, with conspicuous yellowish gray dots; flesh white, crisp, tender, 

 juicy, brisk subacid, a little coarse; core small, closed; seeds few, ovate, 

 conical; quality 3; a kitchen and market fruit if productive; another of 

 P. M. Gideon's, Minnesota. 



Red Aport, ripe m. September; size 1 to 2; form obtuse conical, irregular; 

 cavity narrow, densely russeted; stem three fourths inch, stout; basin nar- 

 row, deep, irregular; calyx closed; calyx tube conical; color yellow, mostly 

 overspread and obscurely striped with red; flesh white, firm, crisp, fine- 

 grained, moderately juicy, mild subacid; core small, closed; seeds few, 

 ovate, pointed; Russian. 



Red Dettmer, ripe b. September; size 2; form roundish, oblate, conical; 

 cavity broad, deep, russeted; stem one half inch; basin shallow; calyx with 

 long, half reflexed segments; calyx tube short, slightly funnel-shape; color 

 two shades of red, obscurely striped on a yellow ground; flesh white, crisp, 

 coarse, sharp subacid, tender, moderately juicy; core rather large, closed, 

 seeds few, large, pointed; Russian. 



Rosenhager, ripem. e. September; size 1 to 2; form round, regular, slightly 

 oblate conical, cavity narrow, deep, with faint whitish -gray russet; stem 

 three fourths inch, rather slender, basin broad, shallow, corrugated, calyx 

 large, nearly closed; color greenish (or yellow when mature), overspread 



