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face greenish yellow, mostly covered with indistinct red stripes and 

 splashes. Flesh yellow, firm, tender, juicy. Flavor rich, mild, sub- 

 acid. Core medium. Very good. Late winter. 

 VIRGINIA BEAUTY: 



Tree vigorous, spreading. Fruit medium, roundish, conical. Sur- 

 face greetiish yellow, streaked and striped with red and purple. Cav- 

 ity regular, deep, russeted; basin shallow, broad. Calyx open; dots 

 numerous, obscure, bronze. Flesh greenish yellow, firm, juicy. Fla- 

 vor sweet. Very good. Late winter. 

 WILLIAMS: 



Tree vigorous, productive. Fruit medium, roundish, oblong, coni- 

 cal. Cavity wide, shallow, slightly russeted; basin wide, shallow, 

 abrupt, corrugated. Calyx closed. Surface very smooth, yellow, 

 almost entirely covered with splashes and stripes of dark red ; dots 

 few, very minute. Flesh yellowish white, tender, moderately juicy. 

 Flavor mild, aromatic, subacid. Core closed ; seeds few, pointed. 

 Good. Summer. 

 WINESAP: 



Tree moderately vigorous, open, straggling head, very productive. 

 Fruit medium, roundish, oblong, conical. Cavity wide, regular, acute, 

 russeted; basin narrow, shallow, corrugated. Calyx closed. Sur- 

 face smooth, dark yellow, mostly covered with splashes and occasion- 

 ally stripes of rich dark red ; dots few, minute. Flesh yellow, firm, 

 crisp, fine-grained. Flavor rich, sprightly, subacid. Core slightly 

 open ; seeds medium, few, short, plump. Very good. Late winter. 



YATES: 



Tree upright, productive. Fruit small, oblate, conic. Cavity large, 

 slightly russeted ; basin shallow. Calyx small, closed. Surface whit- 

 ish yellow, shaded, striped and splashed with shades of red ; dots nu- 

 merous, small, light. Flesh white, sometimes stained next skin, ten- 

 der, juicy. Flavor pleasant, subacid. Good. Late winter. 

 YELLOW TRANSPARENT: 



Tree vigorous, upright, round-headed, productive. Fruit medium, 

 roundish, oblate, conical. Cavity regular, acute, russeted ; basin nar- 

 row, shallow, corrugated. Calyx closed. Surface smooth, light yel- 

 low ; dots numerous, large, white. Flesh white, tender, juicy. Flavor 

 pleasant, subacid. Core half open. Good. Summer. 

 YORK IMPERIAL: 



Tree moderate grower, productive. Fruit medium, roundish, ob- 

 long, oblique. Cavity regular, narrow, acute, russeted ; basin smooth, 

 deep, abrupt, slightly leather-cracked. Calyx closed or open. Sur- 

 face light yellow, almost wholly covered with marbled, washed and 

 striped red; dots few, distinct, gray. Flesh yellow, with yellow 

 veinings, firm, crisp, juicy. Flavor pleasant, subacid. Core small, 

 open; seeds many, plump. Good. Winter. 



