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wide, symmetrical or nearly so, sometimes slightly furrowed, sometimes lipped, 

 often a little russeted Calyx' medium, closed or somewhat open ; lobes often 

 long, acuminate. Basin shallow, to moderately deep, usually furrowed and 

 wrinkled. 



Skin tough, waxen, clear pale yellow with handsome red or pinkish blush, 

 in appearance somewhat resembling the Maiden Blush. 



Calyx tube rather narrow, funnel-form. Stamens median. 



Core medium, abaxile ; cells closed or partly open ; core lines clasping. 

 Carpels broadly roundish. Seeds medium or above, rather light brown, rather 

 narrow, acute. 



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

 moderately tender, juicy, pleasant, mild subacid, sometimes a little astringent, 

 good. 



Season November to February, sometimes extending into April. Com- 

 mercial limit January or, in cold storage, February. 



GREYHOUSE. 



REFERENCES, i. Coxe, 1817:154. fig. 2. Elliott, 1854:174. 3. Downing, 

 1857:214. 4. Warder, 1867:720, 722. 5. Downing, 1872:204, 270. 6. Down- 

 ing, Am. Porn. Soc. Rpt., 1875:68. 7. Downing, 1876:57 app. 8. Lyon, Mich. 

 Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:294. 9. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:241. 10. Burrill and 

 McCluer, ///. Sta. Bui., 45:323, 326. 1896. n. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. 

 Bui., 248:131. 1904. 12. Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. Bui., 56:131. 1905. 



SYNONYMS. Big Romanite (incorrectly 6, 7, n, of some 12). Black Jack 

 (6, 7, 12 j. Black Pcnnock (6, 7, 12). Black Vandervcre (7, 12). Black 

 Vafideverc (6). Filliken (6). German Spitsenbcrg (6, 7, 12). Grayhouse 

 (12). Gray Romanite (6, 12). Hard Red (7, 12). Hoop (12). HOOPES 

 (4, 9). Hoopes (5, 6, 7, 12). Hoopcs' Pearmain (6, 7, 12). HOOPS (10). 

 Hoops (12). Hopsey (5, 6, 7, 12). Hopson (6, 7, 12). House (i). Key- 

 stone (6, 7, 12). Lop side (6, 7, 12). Lop-sided Pearmain (5, 12). Lop side 

 Pearmain (6). May, erroneously (5, 6, 12). May Apple (2). MAY SEEK- 

 NO-FARTHER (7, n). MAY SEEK-NO-FURTHER (2, 6). May Seek-No- 

 Furthcr (12). MAY Seek-No-Further (8). Pilliken (5, 12). ^d Everlast- 

 ing (6, 7, 12). Romanite (8, incorrectly 6 and 12). 



Fruit medium in size, dull colored, green and red ; skin thick ; flesh dry, 

 coarse, subacid; not suitable for dessert and valued only as a long keeper (i, 



2, 5, 8). Season February to May (5, n). Tree vigorous, spreading; not 

 a reliable bearer. 



Historical. Greyhouse probably originated either in New Jersey (5) or 

 Pennsylvania (4). It has been grown under various names in different parts 

 of the country and there has been much uncertainty with regard to its 

 synonymy. May Seek-No-Farther and Hoops are now considered identical 

 with Grayhouse (12). It is still offered by some nurserymen (9), but it is 

 not now generally cultivated (n). 



GRIMES. 



REFERENCES, i. Hovey, Mag. Hort., 22:131. 1856. 2. Downing, 1857:149. 



3. Hooper, 1857:42. 4. Hanford, Horticulturist, 18:206. 1863. fig. 5. Warder, 

 1867:670. fig. 6. Grimes, Horticulturist, 24:51. 1869. 7. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 



