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naiTow, deep, slightly russeted; stem short, slender; basin abrupt, moder- 

 ately broad and deep; calyx small, closed; flesh nearly white, crisp, rather 

 coiarse, juicy, sweet or nearly so, agreeable aroma and flavor, very good 

 quality. 



Andrews Winter. — From Benj. Buckman, Farmingdale, Ills., 

 1889. It was topworked on a bearing tree and bore its first 

 fruit six years later. It has made a vigorous, somewhat spread- 

 ing growth. It came into bearing early and has been quite 

 productive. The fruit, which is in season from late winter to 

 June, may prove valuable where a very late keeper is desirable. 



Fruit small, roundish-conic, faintly ribbed, often unsymmetrieal, flat- 

 tened at the base; cavity moderaitely broad and deep, slightly ribbed, 

 slightly russeted; stem short; basin abrupt, moderately deep, coarsely 

 corrugated; calyx small and closed. Slcin yellowish green overlaid with a 

 dull purplish-red and dotted with pale straw-colored dots. Flesh greenish 

 white, firm, moderately juicy, rather fine-graaned, very mild sub-acid, fair 

 to good quality and flavor. 



August. — Originated from seed of Wealthy, by P. M. Gidron, 

 Excelsior, Minn., from whom it was received in 1888. It was top- 

 worked on a bearing tree and bore a few fruits in 1893 for the 

 first time. The tree is of spreading habit and makes a mod- 

 erate growth. It came into bearing early and has given satis- 

 factory yields. 



Fruit medium or below roundish-oblate, slightly conic; skin yellow cov- 

 ered with abundant bloom and striped and splashed witli bright darli red 

 and sprinkled with small whitish dots, stalk rather short set in a medium 

 to deep, regular cavit.y. Calyx with long recurved segments set in a 

 moderately shallow basin. Flesh yellowish, half fine, moderately juicy, 

 breaking, mild sub-acid, with slight crab apple flavor, good quality. Sea- 

 son, August 



Benninger. — From W. H. Benninger, Walnutport, l*a., 1889. 

 — Under date of April, 1892, Mr. Benninger writes: 



" The original tree came up as a natural tree sixty years ago on the 

 farm of my grandfather, Uhlie Benninger. It has been topgrafted for 

 over thirty years in Lehigh and Northampton counties. It is a good 

 grower, a.n annual and very prolific bearer; the fruit is very large and 

 uniform in size; flesh yellow and good flavor." 



As grown here it has a spreading habit and makes a moder- 

 ate growth. It was topworked on a bearing tree in 1880, and it 

 bore a few fruits in 1894, 3 bushels in 1895 and 6f bushels in 

 1896, thus confirming the claim that it is productive. It seems 



