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in size and length, plump, semi-free; leaves medium in size, thickness and color, cordate, 

 with deeply cut obovate lobes, glossy, rugose, with hairy, crenate margins; i^etioles short, 

 of medium thickness, pubescent, sometimes glandular near the base. Flowers late, medium 

 in size, 1-3; pedicels medium in size and thickness, glabrous; caljTc-tube greenish red, 

 [jubescent; calyx-lobes medium in length, width and thickness, dull red and green; ovary 

 slightly pubescent. Fruit very late; variable in size, sometimes very large, pear-shaped, 

 light silvery green, with faintest yellow tinge at full maturity, dull; skin nearly smooth, 

 glaucous, mediimi in thickness, tough; flesh pale green, not ver^^ juicy, finn, sprightly becom- 

 ing nearly sweet at full maturity; quality fair. 



White Hare. 1. N. Y. Sia. Bui. 114:32. 1897. 



At this Station the plants are but moderately vigorous and considerably affected by 

 mildew; fruit large, round, smooth, greenish white, subacid; good. 



Whitesmith, i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 79. 1842. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 364. 1884. 3. 

 N. Y. Sia. Bui. 114:32. 1897. 



Woodward's Whitesmith. 4. Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 95. 1802. 5. Brookshaw 

 Pomona PI. IV. 1817. 6. Card. Chron. 868. 1864. 



Lancashire Lass. 7. Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 177. 1831. 



In some parts of the United States and Canada Whitesmith is considered the best of 

 the English varieties grown on this side of the Atlantic. The plants are very large and 

 vigorous and are usually productive. The fruit ripens early, and while not of the largest, 

 is above mediimi in size and is particularly good in quahty, the flesh being juicy, tender and 

 very pleasantlj- flavored. Unfortunately the plants usually mildew rather severely. 

 This is an old English variety, the date and place of origin of which is unknown. It was 

 grown in England, however, in 1802, when William Forsyth spoke of it as one of the newer 

 sorts. The variety has long been known in the United States. In 1852 the American 

 Pomological Society added the sort to its fruit catalog list, a place it still retains, the name 

 having long since been shortened to Whitesmith. 



Plants above medium in size, vigorous, upright-spreading, somewhat open, productive; 

 young shoots medium in thickness and number, reddish brown overlaid with gray scarf- 

 skin; prickles slender, strong, medium in length, usually in ones; leaf -buds large, long, 

 obtuse, plump, semi-free; leaves medium in size, thickness and color, cordate, with obovate, 

 shallowly cut lobes, glossy, rugose, with hairy, crenate to nearly serrate margins; petiole 

 short, medium in thickness, green, pubescent, with few glands. Flowers early, medium in 

 size, usually single; pedicels medium in length and thickness, pubescent; calj^c-tube green, 

 pubescent; calyx-lobes medium in length, width and thickness, pubescent beneath, tinged 

 dull red; ovary with short, heavy pubescence, eglandular. Fruit early, above medium in 

 size, roundish oval, light silvery green, with faint tinge of yellow at full maturity; skin 

 smooth, glaucous, thin, tender; flesh light green, juicy, firm but tender, pleasantly flavored, 

 sweet; quality good. 



William Watson, i. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 114:33. 1897. 



On the Station grounds the plants are moderately vigorous, with little mildew; fruit 

 medium in size, oblong, nearly smooth, yellow, sweet; very good. 

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