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Aromatic Carolina. 



From South Carolina.^ " Tree, spreading, pendent, short fruit wood, 

 abrupt terminal buds; fruit, large, oblate, conical, pale red, slightly 

 streaked; heavy bloom; wide basin; open calyx; flesh, tender, melting, 

 aromatic. July. Abundant bearer." (Wm. Sumner, in Hort.) 



Autumn Seek-no-further. 



American. Fruit, medium, roundish, pale green, faintly striped with 

 red in sun; stem, slender; cavity, narrow, deep; calyx, open, erect seg- 

 ments ; basin, round, medium depth ; core, medium ; flesh, white, juicy, 

 tender, sprightly, sub-acid ; " very good." October, 



Autumnal Swaar. 



Autumnal Sweet Swaar, j Sweet Swaar, 

 Sweet Golden Pippin. 



Tree, spreading; shoots, vigorous, diverging; fruit, large, round, flat- 

 tened, slightly ribbed, rich golden yellow ; stem, long; basin, open, shallow; 

 calyx, half closed; basin, deep; flesh, tender, yellowish, spicy, sweet, not 

 juicy ; " very good." October. 



Autumn Pearmain. 



English Summer Pearmain, I Royal Pearmain, 

 Summer Pearmain, | Parmain d'Ete, 



Sigler s Red. . 



Foreign. Tree, slender, slow growth, irregular ; fruit, medium, oblong 

 conical, brownish yellow and green, red blended with yellow in sun, 

 -small brown specks; stalk, short; calyx, in a broad shallow basin, 

 slightly plaited; flesh, pale yellow, crisp ; nearly >'best." September. 



Aunt Hannah. 



From Massachusetts. Fruit, medium, roundish, light yellow; flesh, 

 tender, crisp, sub-acid ; "very good." Winter. 



Bailey Spice. 



American. From Plattsburg, K Y. Growth, moderate ; shoots, reddish 

 brown; fruit, medium, round ovate, tapering to eye, hght yellow, fajnt 

 blush in sun ; stem, long, slender ; cavity, deep ; calyx, closed ; basin, nar- 

 row ; flesh, yellowish, greenish tint, sprightly, spicy ; core, large, open ; 

 seeds, hght brown. October, " Very good." 



Bailey Sweet. 



Patterson Sweet, | Edgerly Sweet. 



From Perry, N. Y. Fruit, medium to large, round, ovate flattened, 

 sometimes ribbed, clear yellowish red, with an occasional russet patch ; 

 stem, slender ; cavity, narrow, deep; calyx, closed ; basin, medium, abrupt, 

 often plaited ; flesh, yellow, rather drj', sweet ; " very good ;" core, me- 

 dium ; seeds, ovate pyriform. November to December. 

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