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The seven Oldenberg seecllinji;^s of Jacob Zettle, Sturgeon Hay, 

 Wi8., will most likely be known and reco^-nized by the numbers and 

 dencription which I <;^ave them at the late Wisconsin State Fair, un- 

 til they are properly named by the orii^-inator or an authorized coni- 

 inittee, and I will describe them as follows : 



Zettle's Xo. 1. — Size o; form roundish-cylindrical, slig-htly five- 

 sided, ang'led; color mostly a pinkish red, splashed with deep red 

 or carmine over a yellow jjround and specked with ix,T?iy dots on the 

 sun side; stem medium short, set in a rather deep, yellow russeted 

 cavity: calyx lar^je and open in a medium broad, slightly angular 

 basin; flesh yellow, nearly fine, firm, juicy; sub-acid or mild acid 

 flavor; season, October. Orig-inator says, "Tree is very hardy and a 

 great bearer." 



Zettel's No. 2. — Size 6 to 7; form round, slightly angular and ta- 

 pering towards the eye: color a verj' light greenish-yellow or white, 

 mostlj' covered on the sun side with rosy salmon and splashes of 

 carmine, and skin thickly covered with irregular grayish dots: stem 

 short in a rather deep, funnel-shaped cavity; calyx large and open 

 in a medium, wrinkled basin; core medium, closed; flesh pale yel- 

 lowish-white, nearly fine, tender, juicy; of a mild pleasant acid 

 flavor; season, last of September. Originator says, " Tree is a great 

 bearer, fruit always large; ten acres of it would be a fortune." 



Zettel's Xo. 3. — Size 5, or full medium; form regular oval, slightly 

 five-sided: color, when ripe, pale lemon yellow with blush and car- 

 mine spots on sun side; stem long in a narrow, regular cavity; calyx 

 open in a medium, deeply furrowed basin; core small, nearly closed; 

 flesh light yellow, nearly fine, tender; flavor sprightly sub-acid, very 

 good; season, October. 



Zettel's No. 4. — Size I'o to 5; foriti round cylindrical; color pale 

 whitish-lemon in shade, blush on sun side, with a few round spots 

 and whitish dots; stem short medium in a smooth, deep cavit3\ rus- 

 seted at bottom; calyx open; basin broad, medium deep, wrinkled; 

 core medium, partly open; flesh yellowish-white, nearly fine, tender, 

 juicy; flavor pleasant acid; season, early winter. Originator says, 

 "Tree hardy as an oak, good bearer; keeps until mid-winter." 



Zettel's No. 5. — Size 4; form round ovate conical; color j-ellowish- 

 green with blushed cheek sometimes splashed with deeper red; 

 stem medium in a rather deep, funnel-shaped, russeted cavity; calyx 

 closed, set in a small, corrugated basin; flesh nearlj' fine: flavor 

 pleasant mild acid; core medium; season, October. Originator 

 says, "Tree great bearer, fruit good shipper, not wormy." 



Zettel's No. 6. — SizeO; form round oblate; color yellowish ground, 

 mostly covered with red and splashed with crimson; stem medium 

 in a regular, greenish, deep, funnel-shaped cavity;calyx large, open; 

 basin broad, medium deep and ridged or wrinkled; llesh nearly 

 white, fine, tender, juicy; flavor mild, pleasant acid; core medium, 

 partly open; season, early October. Originator says, "Tree great 

 bearer; fruit will not keep long." 



Zettel's No. 7.— Size 7; form roundish; color light green and red 

 striped: stem long in a medium deep, slightly russeted cavity; 



