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proves most admirably adapted, while iu all soils not wet it has loug been re- 

 garded as one of the most desirable varieties, cither for garden or orchard. 

 Origin, Livingston county, New York. Like the Bartlett, windfalls of this 

 variety axe often very fine. 



WHEILDON. 



Synonym : McLellan. 



Fruit. — Size, medium to large; form, obtuse, obovate, acute pyriform; color, 

 two shades of dull greenish yellow, Avith stripes, specks, and marblings of rus- 

 set; irregular, uneven surface; stem, long, largest at the end that joins the tree; 

 cavity, acute, furrowed ; calyx, large, with long segments ; half closed basin, 

 broad, open, moderately deep, with broad furrows, two or more forming the 

 basin ; flesh, yellowish white, a little coarse-grained and gritty around the core ; 

 otherwise tender, breaking, sweet, juicy, highly aromatic, not vinous, but quite 

 rich ; core and capsules, small ; seeds are only in a capsule, globular ovate, 

 pyriform ; season, last of September and October. 



Tree. — Spreading, upright, healthy grower ; productive. Originated with 

 "W. "W. Wheildon, Charlestown, Massachusetts, and is as yet but little known. 

 It promises a siiperior fruit, and we doubt not, like most all our natives, will 

 succeed everywhere. 



GRAPES. 



ADIRONDAC. 



Fruit. — Bunch, very large ; ben-ies, large, round, or nearly so, compactly 

 placed on the bunch ; color, shining, purplish, black, when fully mature ; blue 

 bloom ; skin, medium, not as thick as Isabella, but thicker than Delaware ; 



