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yellow, shaded, splashed and mottled with hrijj^ht red and sprinkled with li/jht dots; 

 llesh whitish, tin<,'cd with red next to the skin, crisp, tender; llavor brisk, sub-acid. 

 Ripe in November. 



Early Rijje. — Tree vigorous, with an upright, slightly spreading, compact head. 

 Fruit ohlatV, somewhat ribl)ed, with a broad, deep, russeted, phiited cavity, and a 

 shallow, plaiied oasin: stalk stout, one inch long; calyx small, closed; calyx tube 

 funnel-shaped, short; color greenish yellow with russet dots and patches; flesh white, 

 tender, quite juicy, mild, sub-acid, pleasant. Season August. 



Excelsior (crab). — Tree upright, vigorous, with stout, dark brown shoots. Fruit 

 roundish, slightly obhite; cavity broad, regular; basin shallow, plaitcil ; slalk stout, 

 one inch long: calyx irregular, closed; calyx tube conical; color pale yellow, well 

 overlaid with bright red; Hesh whitish, juicy, very tender; flavor sub-acid. Season 

 August and September. A very handsome fruit of quite good quality. 



Family. — A vigorous, upright, spreading grower. Fruit oblate; cavity, broad, deep. 

 slightly nissc'tod ; basin broad, rather deep, plaited: stalk rather slender, three-fourths 

 of an inch long: calyx small, closed: calyx tube broadly conical: color greenish yel- 

 low, shaded, striped, and s])lashed with dtill red and sprinkled with many large, light 

 dots; flesh white, tender, juicy, sub-acid, mild, aromatic. Season November to Febru- 

 ary. 



■Fink. — Tree an upright, vigorous grower. Fruit small, oblate; cavity medium, 

 very regular, russeted: basin shallow, broad, corrugated; stalk moderately stout, one 

 inch long: calyx medium, open: calyx tube long, funnel shaped: color yellow with a 

 brownish red cheek, sprinkled with a few light dots; flesh whitish, fine-grained, com- 

 pact, aromatic, sprightly, sub-acid. Season December to May. 



Florence (crab). — Tree unright, spreadinir, vigorous. Fruit small, oblate; cavity 

 regular, broad, deep; basin broad, ribbed, shallow; stalk slender, one inch long; calyx 

 large, nearly clo.sed, segments long, rclicxed ; calyx tube conical: color clear yellow 

 more or less strined with red and dotted with a few eravish dots: flesh yellowish 

 white, tender, juicy, crisp, acid. Season September. Tuclined to overbear and the 

 fruit is apt to be small and not well colored because of this tendency. 



Gavet IMppin. — From Nova Scotia. Scions received from the Division of Pomology,^ 

 Washington, D. C, in 1895. Fruit oblate with a broad, deep cavitj% lined with 

 greenish russet: basin oroad, deep, ribbed: stalk medium, one-half inch lo7ig; cal.vx 

 partly open ; calyx tube large, conical ; color greenish yellow, sometimes with a faint 

 red blush : flesh white, tender, fine grained, mild, pleasant. Shoots reddish brown, 

 dowTiy. Season September and October. 



Gibb (crab). — Tree vigorous, with a roundish, upright head. Fruit oblate, inclin- 

 ing to conical with a shallow corrugated cavity; basin broad, very shallow, corru- 

 gated: stalk stout, three-fourths of an inch long: calyx large, nearly closed: calyx 

 tube long, cylindrical: color clear pale yellow, sometimes with a faint blush; flesh 

 yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, sprightly. Season August. Poor in quality and too light 

 colored for a crab.' 



Hargrove. — Tree vigorous, upright, slightly spreading. Fruit roundish conical; 

 cavity rather narrow: medium depth; basin shallow, plaited; stalk rather slender, 

 three-fourths of an inch long: calyx small, open: calyx tub.' funnel shaped: color fjrcen- 

 ish yellow sometimes with a faint brownish red blush ; flesh white, firm, mild, sub-acid. 

 Ripe in November. 



Hawley. — Tree vigorous, with a round head. Frtiit large, roundish, slightly oblate 

 with deep cavity and a medium somewhat plaited basin ; stalk medium, three-fourths 

 of an inch ionir: ca'lyx closed or party open; calyx tube lonir. conical: color yellow 

 with many grayish specks; flesh white, tender, juicy, mild, sub-acid, very pleasant. Sea- 

 son early September. 



Indiana. — Tree vigorous, upright, spread'ntr. Fruit roundish, flattened at ends; 

 cavity narrow, russeted ; basin broad, shallow, slightly corrugated : stalk medium, 

 three-foirtlis of an in^h lo"y: calyx ' art'v open, seu'iicnt* short: calyx tube conical; 

 color yellow, shaded and splashed with red. and sprinkled with russet dots: flesh white, 

 tender, m'ld. sub-ac'd. pleasant. Sen son December to April. 



Jacob. — Tree fairly vigorous, upright, slightly spreading. Fruit large, oblate, coni- 

 eal : cnvitv broad, deep; basin deep, abrupt: stalk medium, three-fourths of an inch 

 long; calyx open: calyx tube conical; color veHow with a hro\^mish red cheek, often 

 considerably russeted; flesh white, firm, sweet, ripe in November. 



Jelly (crab). — Tree upright, spreading, visrorous. Fruit roundish ^vith an abrupt 

 narrow cavity and a broad, re<rular basin; stalk slender, one and one-fourth inches long; 

 color pale yellow, well overlaid with bri"'ht red. and snrinkled with '^r■^v dots: flesh 

 white, crisp, juicy, sprightly, sub-acid. Season September and early October. 



