Lewis. 



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Native of Roxbury, Mass. It is a hardy tree, vigorous, spreading, 

 rather drooping as it grows old, always bears, and fruit always regular 

 and even in size. If well ripened, it is a fine, deHcious fruit, otherwise 

 not more than second quality. It is profitable as a standard orchard va- 

 riety, but requires rich deep soil, or its immense crops exhaust too rap- 

 idly, causin'g the fruit to be quite small and insipid. Fruit, below medium, 

 roundish obovate, obtuse at stem ; color, dark, becoming pale green with 

 many russet specks ; stem, long, slender, shallow depression ; calyx, 

 large; segments, broad in divisions; basin, almost obscure; core, above 

 medium for size of fruit; seeds, large, ovate; flesh, yellowish white, 

 rather coarse, melting, juicy. Season, November to February. 



Lee*s Seedling. 



American. Native of Salem, Mass. Fruit, medium, roundish oval 

 greenish russet, brown in sun ; stem, short ; calyx, open ; core, large 

 flesh, white, coarse, juicy, " good." September. 



