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PniLADELPIIIA I'KAR. 



Eaten September 2rth, ISM. The )ast specimen of the crop. 



Indies m length by three and five-sixteenths in breadth ; the other was eaten Sept. 

 2/tb, weighed eleven ounces, and measured three and seven-sixteenths inches by three 

 and a half. Some of the specimens were said to be larger than either of these. "With 

 skillful cultivation, therefore, the Philadelphia will probably equal, if not exceed in size, 

 as it surpasses in flavor, the largest grown specimens of the Duchesse d'' Angouleme. 



Size — very large. Form — roundish, sometimes broad ovate. Color — green, 

 becoming yellow when fully ripe, with occasionally a brown cheek. Stem — one to 

 one and a quarter inches long by three-sixteenths thick, sometimes fleshy at its inser- 

 tion. Cavity — moderately wide, superficial. Calyx — open, medium size, set in a 

 rather wide, shallow basin. Core — medium. Seed — brown, plump, long, acuminate, 

 with an angle at the obtuse end. Flesh — not of the finest texture, but moderately 

 fine, yellowish-white, buttery. Flavor— saccharine, perfumed, delicious. Quality — 

 "very good," if Dot "best." Period of maturity — said to be from the beginning of 

 August to the middle of September ; the first specimen I saw, was eaten by me 

 the Vth, and another on the 27th of September. 



