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that it is satisfactorily productive (3). As tested at this Station 

 the tree is a good grower and almost an annual bearer, but only 

 moderately productive. There is comparatively little loss from 

 drops and culls. It has not been tried here long enough to justify 

 an unqualified recommendation, but it shows merit enough to make 

 it worthy of further testing. 



Historical. A German variety which has been in cultivation more than a 

 century (i, 2, 3). Our stock came from Prof. Budd who imported the variety 

 frorr^ Austria for the Iowa Agricultural college, in 1884 and 1885. 



TREE. 



Tree moderately vigorous; branches long, moderately stout. Form upright 

 spreading, or roundish, open. Twigs long, moderately stout, nearly straight ; 

 internodes long. Bark olive-brown, tinged with red, streaked with grayish 

 scarf-skin ; heavily pubescent. Lenticels scattering, small, round, raised. Buds 

 large, broad, obtuse, free, pubescent. Foliage dense, dark green. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium to nearly large. Form conical, broad at the base, often 

 elliptical, sides unequal, somewhat ribbed. Stem short and thick to long and 

 rather slender. Cavity very large, to large, acute, deep, broad, sometimes 

 symmetrical, often compressed or furrowed, with outspreading green russet. 

 Calyx medium to large, closed or partly open ; lobes acute to acuminate. 

 Basin often oblique, irregular, rather shallow to moderately deep, narrow, 

 abrupt, roughly furrowed and wrinkled. 



Skin thick, tough, smooth, slightly waxy, yellow mottled with orange-red 

 and almost covered with bright pinkish-red, sometimes deepening to purplish, 

 inconspicuously striped with deep carmine, covered with a thin whitish bloom. 

 Dots conspicuous, numerous toward the eye, larger, more irregular and more 

 scattering towards the cavity, grayish-white or yellow, sometimes russet 

 areolar. Prevailing effect attractive bright red. 



Calyx tube long, funnel-shape or approaching conical. Stamens median to 

 basal. 



Core medium or above with hollow cylinder, nearly axile ; cells symmetrical, 

 closed or partly open ; core lines clasping the funnel cylinder. Carpels roundish 

 or elongated, not emarginate or but slightly so, tufted. Seeds medium to 

 above, rather wide, long, somewhat acute, tufted, often somewhat abortive. 



Flesh whitish, slightly tinged with yellow, very firm, moderately fine, crisp, 

 breaking, moderately juicy, mild subacid, good. 



Season January to June or later. 



ELLSWORTH. 



REFERENCE, i. Downing, 1872:160. 



Described by Downing as medium in size, yellow netted with russet. Flesh 

 tender, juicy, rich, sprightly subacid, very good to best in quality. In season 

 from January to March. Origin, Columbia county. 



We have not seen this variety. 



