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bining many flavors. Trees semi-dwarf, very productive. Cata- 

 logued amongst Luther Burbank's novelties, 1893. Said to l^e a 

 cross of Satsuma and Kelsey. 



11. Engre. — Said to be a small round, red fruit, ripening 

 early. Tree very vigorous. L,ittle known. 



12. Georgeson (Hattonkin No. i). — Medium or above in size, 

 oblong and more or less conical, clear golden yellow and some- 

 what translucent in texture, with a good yellow flesh, cling ; very 

 early, probably the earliest of the j-ellow varieties. 



Imported by H. H. Berger & Co. , of San Francisco, and brought 

 to notice chiefly by J. L. Normand, Marksville, L,a. It is closely 

 allied to Kerr, but averages somewhat larger, is a week or two 

 weeks earlier, is less pointed, and the tree is apparently less produc- 

 tive. Now named for Professor C. C. Georgeson, Manhattan, 

 Kansas, who has published critical studies of Japanese fruits. 



13. Hale (Burbank No. 3). — Medium in size, globular or 

 slightly flattened, scarcely if at all pointed, rather light bright 

 uniform red; flesh red, firm and sweet, tightly clinging to the pit. 



Imported by Luther Burbank in 1885, together with Heikes, 

 which see. Mr. Burbank writes me that he disposed of this 

 and No. 4 after they had fruited in the nursery row, and that he 

 now has no knowledge of them. As they have passed entirel}' 

 out of his hands, I take the liberty to give them names. Both 

 are very much like Satsuma, but are a few days later and appear 

 to bloom earlier ; and they are also less pointed, and somewhat 

 different in leaf. Named for J. H. Hale, a well-known nursery- 

 man and fruit grower of Connecticut and Georgia. 



Hattankio : see Kerr and Munson. 



Hattonkin No. i : see Georgeson. 



Hattonkin No. 2 : see Kerr. 



14. Heikes (Burbank No. 4).— Much Hke Hale, but rather 

 more flattened on the ends or oblate, mostly darker in color, the 

 flesh acid. 



Named for W. F. Heikes, of the Huntsville Nurseries, Hunts- 

 ville, Ala. See remarks under Hale, above. 

 Hytan-Kayo : see Munson. 



15. Hoyo Smomo.—K name used by J. L. Normand, Louisi- 

 ana. I do not know the fruit. 



