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HANDSOME HEREFORD. 

 [Syn : Handsome Norman; Bell Normaii : La belle Normande.'\ 

 This very distinct variety is not known in the Norman Orchards, 

 although it seems to bear a French synonym. It is probably a 

 Herefordshire seedling. Its real history is unknown. 



Description. — Fruit : conical, snouted towards the apex, very 

 uneven and irregular in its outline, being angular, and having 

 especially one very prominent rib, which makes the fruit one sided ; 

 the base is rounded and swollen, so that the stalk is placed on an 

 elevation of the surface. Skin : smooth, bright red on the side 

 exposed to the sun, gradually fading towards the shaded side, 

 where it is of a fine, deep, rich yellow ; the whole surface is strewed 

 with large russety specks, and the base surrounding the stalk, is 

 covered with a patch of grey russet. Eye : closed, with erect 

 pointed segments, set in a deep, irregular ribbed basin. Tube, 

 long and conical ; stamens, marginal. Stalk : short, sometimes 

 half an inch long, inserted in a small, narrow cavity. Flesh : 



