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Skin moderately tender^ smooth, slightly unctuous, yellowish-green mottled 

 and blushed with yellowish-red, with broad stripes and splashes of brighter 

 and deeper red. Dots small, inconspicuous, often submerged. Prevailing 

 color in many specimens yellowish-green with broad stripes of faint red; 

 in more highly-colored specimens the red striping becomes quite distinct. 



Calyx tube large, wide, conical. Stamens basal. 



Core large, decidely abaxile; cells wide open; core lines meeting. Car- 

 pels elongated ovate, distinctly concave, slightly tufted. Seeds few, medium 

 size, irregular, plump, obtuse, dark. 



Flesh greenish or tinged somewhat with yellow, rather firm, coarse, crisp, 

 juicy, subacid or quite acid, fair for dessert, good for cooking. 



Season September and October. 



CATHEAD. 



References, i. Forsyth, 1803:56. 2. Coxe, 1817:133. fig. 3. Thacher, 

 1822:122. 4. Floy-Lindley, 1833:48. 5. Downing, 1845:103. 6. Thomas, 

 1849:179. 7. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. V., 3:86. 1851. 8. Elliott, 1854:168. 

 Q. Warder, 1867:715. 10. Leroy, 1873:842. fig. 11. Hogg, 1884:41. 



Synonyms. Cathead (2, 3, 8). Cathead Greening (5, 6, 8). Catshead 

 (i, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11). Catshead (4, 10). Catshead Greening (10). Costard 

 (4). Costard Ray (7). Constard (4). De Seigneur d'Automne (10). 

 Grosse-Schafnase (10). Round Catshead (5, 8, 10). Schafnase (10). Tete 

 d'Ange (10). Tete de Chat do). 



Formerly grown in some of the home orchards of the state but now practi- 

 cally obsolete. Fruit very large, pale green, subacid. Used for cooking and 

 evaporating. An old English variety. Ray described it as long ago as 

 1688 (4). 



CELESTIA. 



References, i. Warder. 1867:530. fig. 2. Downing, 1869:122. 3. Fitz, 

 1872:173. 4. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:236. 5. Dickens and Greene, Kan. Sta. 

 Bui, 106:52. 1902. 6. Beach and Clark, A^ Y. Sta. Bui, 248:114. 1904. 



Synonyms. None. 



Fruit not particularly attractive in color and as tested at this Station not 

 superior to ordinary varieties in quality. Warder says (i) that it is es- 

 sentially an amateur's fruit of very best quality but its texture and color 

 disqualify it for market. The tree is a moderate grower and not very 

 productive. Not recommended for cultivation in New York. 



Historical. Originated from seed of Stillwater Sweet by L. S. Mote, 

 Miami county, Ohio (i). 



Tree. 



Tree moderately vigorous with short, stout, curved branches. Form up- 

 right spreading, roundish, rather dense. Tzvigs short to moderately long, 

 slightly curved, moderately slender ; internodes medium to long. Bark 

 clear brownish-red with som.e olive-green, lightly mottled with scarf-skin ; 

 pubescent. Lenticels numerous, small to medium, elongated or roundish, 



