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open ; basin wide, rather shallow and corrugated. Flesh nearly 

 white, rather fine grained, mild sub acid, good quality for desert 

 use, but too mild for cooking purposes. Its season may be said to 

 begin with October, but like Fameuse, specimens may be kept till 

 spring, though not in the best condition. Tree vigorous, inclined 

 to be spreading. 



Northwestern Greening. — From, George J. Kellogg^ Janesville, 

 Wisconsin, 1888. — Yielded its fii'st fruit in 1894, and gave a good 

 yield in 1895, Tree a free grower, inclined to spread. Fruit 

 medium to large, oblate inclined to conic ; skin pale yellow when 

 ripe ; stem medium, inserted in a deep cavity ; calyx closed, set in 

 an abrupt, moderately shallow basin. Flesh rather coarse, juicy, 

 aromatic, mild sub-acid, good flavor and fair quality. Keeps in 

 good condition until March. Has not enough acidity to be as desir- 

 able for culinary use as other varieties of its season. 



Ornament de Table. — From Benjamin Buckman, Farming- 

 dale, Illinois, 1889. — It was top-worked on a bearing tree, and 

 produced its first fruit in 1894. Tree vigorous, spreading. Fruit 

 medium size or above, roundish oblate, attractive in appearance ; 

 skin yellow, sprinkled with russet and light dots, and streaked and 

 blushed in the sun with light red ; stem small, set in a moderately 

 deep, symmetrical, russeted cavity ; basin broad, rather abrupt, moder- 

 ately deep ; calyx closed ; flesh nearly white, rather coarse, tender, 

 mildly sweet ; quality good. Season, October to February. As a 

 desert fruit it is not as desirable as some other varieties of the same 

 season. 



Prolific Sweeting. — A Russian variety received from T. H. Hos- 

 kins, ]!^ewport, Vermont. Fruit medium or above, roundish oblate ; 

 skin pale yellow, sprinkled with whitish dots and russet specks. 

 Stem medium set in a deep cavity. Calyx closed with segments 

 reflexed ; basin wide, shallow arnd corrugated. Flesh white, flne 

 grained, mildly sweet. Season August. Topworked in 1888, it 

 bore its first fruit in 1895. Tree moderately vigorous and upright. 



Rome Beauty. — Fausfs Borne Beauty. — This variety was first 

 received here in 1883. In 1889 it was received under the name of 

 Faust's Rome Beauty. The tree is vigorous, spreading, begins to 

 bear j^oung and is very productive. Fruit attractive in color, me- 

 dium or above, roundish-conical. Skin yellow, striped and shaded 

 with red and sprinkled with light dots. Flesh tender, sprightly 

 sub-acid, good in flavor and quality. When cooked at its prime it 



