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stout; basin narrow, much plaited; calyx closed, tips pointed, segments erect, re- 

 flexed; calyx tube the frustrum of a cone; color greenish-yellow, striped and 

 splashed with light and darli red, with more or less cinnamon russet; flesh pale 

 yellowish white, juicy, firm and crisp, mild, sub-acid; core large, nearly closed; 

 seeds few, obovate; quality good. Season December to May; size large. Generally 

 an early-bearing, productive variety, valuable on account of its lieeping qualifies. 



Stuart, Golden.— Tree quite strong, spreading. Fruit round, oblate, corrugated; 

 cavity deep, acute, russet; stalk one-half to one inch in length; basin rather deep 

 and broad, corrugated; calyx nearly or quite closed, segments erect; calyx tube 

 conical; color greenish-yellow Avith a brownish-red blush in the sun, moderately 

 sprinkled with brownish dots and specks which nearly overspread the whole sur- 

 face; flesh white, rather .luicy, crisp, tender, sprightly, acid; quality good. Season 

 November to January; size medium. 



Stump.— Tree with a symmetrical, roundish, conical head. Fruit roundish, 

 conir-al. inclining' to oblong conical, sometimes with sides a little unequal; cavity 

 medihm, often russeted; stalk three-eighths inch long, rather small; basin a little 

 above medium, slightly plaited; calyx small, closed or partially open; calyx tube 

 conical; color white, shaded with bright red, and moderately striped and splashed 

 with crimson over most of the surface with a few large and small light dots; skin 

 smooth; flesh white, juicj-; tine grain, tender, with a pleasant, sub-acid flavor; core 

 rather large, open. Season September and October; quality good; size medium. 



Summer Pearmain, American.— Tree fairly strong with an upright habit, young 

 wood, slender, reddish brown. Fruit oblong, slightly conical; cavity deep with a 

 little cinnamon russet; stalk one inch long, medium size; basin rather broad, deep, 

 regular; calyx nearly closed, segments erect with tips recurved; calyx tube long, 

 funnel-shaped; color red, streaked with bright red and yellow in the sun, with 

 many yellowish dots and more or less russet; flesh whitish, juicy, very tender, mild, 

 sub-acid, very rich; quality excellent. Season September; size medium. Both 

 foliage and fruit are somewhat subject to the attack of the apple scab fungus, 

 unless sprayed. When well grown it is one of the best summer varieties for 

 dessert purposes. 



Summer Kose.— Tree quite strong with spreading branches, young wood grayish 

 brown, with many light-gray or white dots. Fruit oblong; cavity broad, moderately 

 deep, slightly corrugated; stalk one inch long, rather stout; basin broad, uneven, 

 rather deep; calyx large, slightly open, segments somcAvhat recurved; calyx tube 

 conical; color red, bluslied and striped upon a yellowish white ground; flesh white, 

 tender and juicy, with a brisk sub-acid flavor; core closed, seeds few. Season 

 August; quality good; size medium. 



Thornton. — Tree quite vigorous, upright; young wood dark brown. Fruit round- 

 ish; cavity deep with dense gray russet; stalk five eighths of an inch long; basin 

 abrupt, slightly plaited; calyx closed or slightly open; calyx tube obtuse, conical; 

 color greenish-yellow, washed and striped with dark red, netted with rough, dark 

 red russet; flesh white, moderately juicy, flrm, crisp, sub-acid. Season November 

 to February; quality fair to good; size inedium. An early bearer. 



Titovka. — Tree very vigorous with an upright habit, but with branches much 

 spreading. Fruit oblong, slightly conical, irregular; cavity very deep, irregular; 

 basin puite irregular, ribbed, deep; stalk one-half inch long, stout; calyx large, 

 nearly closed; calyx tube funnel-shaped: color greenish- yellow, often nearly covered 

 with dark red, striped with darker red; flesh white, juicy, crisp, sub-acid: core 

 medium, nearly closed; seeds medium, ovate, plump. Season September; quality 

 good; size Lirge. An early and productive bearer, valuable either for home use 

 or market purposes. 



Water. — Tree fairly vigorous with upright habit; young wood dark brownish- 

 black. Fruit roundish or ovate to roundish conical; cavity medium with a faint 

 grayish-brown russet; stalk three- fourths of an inch long, rather slender; basin 

 small to medium, abrupt, corrugated; calyx closed; calyx tube conical; color 

 yellowish white, shaded with purplish crimson in the sun. with a few brown dots 

 and specks; flesh wihite, juicy, tender, sprightly, sub-acid, pleasant; quality good. 

 Season October to November; size medium to large. Thus far only fairly pro- 

 ductive. 



Washington Strawberry.— Tree quite vigorous, rather spreading; young wood, 

 stout, dark brown; foliage dense. Fruit oblong, conical; cavity narrow, deep; stalk 

 three-fourths to one inch long, medium to large; basin rather narrow and abrupt, 

 corrugated; calyx medium, nearly closed; calyx tube funnel-shaped; color yellow, 

 mostly overspread with stripes of bright red, with a little brownish russet in the 

 cavitv: surface covered with light dots. Season September to October; quality 



