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The Wildgoose Varieties Named and Described 



CHOPTANK.— Fruit oval; size above 

 medium ; cavity shallow ; stem long, 

 strong, and holds fast; suture a faint 

 line ; color bright red ; dots many, 

 fine, yellow ; bloom thin, bluish ; skin 

 medium thick; flesh yellow; stone 

 medium size, oval, flattened, cling; 

 quality fair to good; season medium 

 early. 



Originated and introduced by J. 

 W. Kerr, Maryland. 



Clara. — A variety mentioned in 

 Texas Experiment station Bulletin 32, p. 482. I know noth- 

 ing about it. 



Clark. — Fruit round ; size small to medium ; apex trun- 

 cate ; color red ; stone cling ; season of Wildgoose. 



Said to have been found wild in Anne Arundel county, 

 Maryland. This statement should not be relied on, however. 

 Not a valuable variety. 



Clifford (Mrs. Clifford). — Fruit pyriform; size large; 

 cavity almost obsolete : suture a line ; color red ; bloom con- 

 spicuous ; skin thin: flesh yellow; stone semi-cling; quality 

 good : a little later than Wildgoose. 



Originated in northern Texas, and said to be a seedling of 



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