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FRUIT. 



Fruit large or above medium. Form flat at base, oblate, narrowing and 

 often somewhat ribbed toward the basin, often oblique. Stem short. Cavity 

 large, acute, deep to very deep, broad, occasionally lipped, sometimes russeted. 

 Calyx large to medium, usually open, sometimes closed ; lobes leafy, broad, 

 long, acute. Basin usually rather large, sometimes oblique, moderately deep, 

 varying from narrow or compressed to moderately wide, abrupt, often some- 

 what furrowed and irregular. 



Skin thin, tough, smooth, rather glossy, yellow or greenish blushed with 

 orange-red and mottled and striped with pinkish-red over a large part of the 

 surface. Dots inconspicuous, medium to small, pale gray or russet. Pre- 

 vailing effect striped red. 



Calyx tube remarkably large, varying from conical to long funnel-form and 

 extending to the core. Stamens basal or nearly so. 



Core very small to nearly medium, varying from axile to somewhat abaxile ; 

 cells sometimes unsymmetrical and open but usually closed ; core lines meet- 

 ing when the calyx tube is conical but clasping if it is funnel-form. Carpels 

 roundish, slightly emarginate. Seeds few, dark, medium in size, wide, some- 

 times slightly tufted. 



Flesh whitish tinged with yellow, firm, moderately fine-grained, crisp, tender, 

 juicy or very juicy, mild snbacid becoming nearly sweet, aromatic, good. 



Season October to February or March ; commercial limit January. 



NICKAJACK, 



REFERENCES, i. Hovey, Mag. Hort., 19:565. 1853. 2. Stanford, Horticul- 

 turist, 11:255. 1856. fig. 3. Downing, 1857:175. fig. 4. Hooper, 1857:65. 5. 

 Downing, Horticulturist, 16:40. 1861. fig. 6. Warder, 1867:445. fig. 7. Down- 

 ing, 1869:286. fig. 8. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1871:8. 9. Fitz, 1872:143, 156, 

 166, 172. 10. Leroy, 1873:488. fig. n. Barry, 1883:351. 12. Thomas, 1885: 

 237. 13. Wickson, 1889:248. 14. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:294. 15. 

 Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:245. 16. Budd-Hansen, 1903:136. fig. 



SYNONYMS. Aberdeen (5, 7). Accidental (5, 7). Alleghany (5, 7). Berry 

 (5, 7, 10, 12). Big Hill (5, 6, 7). Carolina (5, 6, 10). Carolina Spice (5, 

 7, 10, 12). Caroline (7). Chatham Pippin (7). Chaltram Pippin (5, 7). 

 Cheatan Pippin (5, 7). Cheatazu (7). Dahlonega (5). Edivards (12). 

 Edward Shantee (7). Forsythe's Seedling (7). Gowden (7). Gowdie (5). 

 Graham's Red Warrior (7). Howard (5, 7). Hubbard (5, 7, 10). Jackson 

 Red (5, 6, 7). Leanham (7). Missouri Pippin (7). Missouri Red (7). 

 Mobbs (5, 7). NICKEJACK (i). North Carolina (13). Pound (5, 7). Red 

 Hazel (7, 12). Red Pippin (5, 7). Red Warrior (5, 7). Rickmans Red (5). 

 Ruckman (5). Ruckmans Red (7). SUMMEROUR (i). Summerour (3, 5, 

 6, 7, 12). Treanham (5). Trenham (7). Walb (7). Wall (5, 7, 10). 

 Wander (7). Winter Horse (7). Winter Rose (5, 7, n). Wonder (3, 5). 

 Worlds Wonder (7). 



This variety has long been known in various portions of the South and 

 Southwest. Its popularity in those regions is attested by its host of synonyms. 

 It is said to have the habit of reproducing itself so nearly from seed that its 

 seedlings in some cases can hardly be distinguished from the parent (7). In 



