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and streaked with black or entirely yellow in seedless speci- 

 mens, sweet, fine flavor, without astringency even when still 

 hard, cracks and rots in wet weather. Tree resembles Zingi; 

 a strong grower. - 



Tane Nashe. Fruited in 1897 and 1898. Tree feeble, 

 slow grower, not very productive, fruit one of the finest, large, 

 sub-conic, pointed, yellowish red, sometimes blotched with 

 black, fiesh yellow, usually seedless; astringent till fully ripe, 

 then sweet, melting, good. Medium season. So far it decid- 

 edly lacks in vigor and productiveness here. 



YeddoIchi. Fruited in 1896, 1897 and 1898. Very pro- 

 ductive, fruit medium, flattened to depressed globular, smooth, 

 yellowish red with white bloom, flesh yellow, seedless, astrin- 

 gent till nearly soft, then sweet, good. Season medium to 

 late. Much like Tane Nashe in tree and fruit, scarcely so 

 large but much more productive and reliable; cne of the best 

 we have tested; leaves fall rather early. Tabor classes this 

 with the dark fleshed kinds, but with us it has been uniformly 

 yellow and seedless. 



Okame. Fruited in 1896, 1897 and 1898. Very productive, 

 fruit large, flattened and somewhat angled, deep orange red 

 with some bloom, flesh yellow, mostly seedless, astringent 

 till soft, late ; tree stronger grower and leaves smaller and 

 hanging longer than in Yeddo Ichi and Tane Nashe. The 

 best market variety we have fruited. 



Costata. Fruited in 1896, 1897 and 1898. Fairly pro- 

 ductive, fruit large, sub-conic, pointed, somewhat angled, 

 dark orange with bloom, flesh yellow, seedless, astringent till 

 soft. Tree a good grower. A good market variety, but 

 scarcely equal to Okame or Yeddo Ichi. 



Tabor's No. 129. Fruited in 1898 only. Very productive, 

 Fruit small, somewhat acorn shaped, pointed, dark yellowish 

 red with glandular sub-pellucid dots, some bloom; flesh dark 

 brown, seedy, very crisp, juicy and high flavored, not at all 

 astringent, can be eaten while quite hard, one of the best in 

 quality, early, tree a good grower. 



Hyakume. Fruited in 1898. Fairly productive, fruits large, 

 subovoid, flesh somewhat blackened. A showy kind. 



