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medium, closed or sometimes partly open. Basin rather large, abrupt, deep 

 or moderately deep, wide to medium, often slightly furrowed. 



Skin tough, bright, smooth, green or yellow blushed with moderately light 

 red or pinkish-red and indistinctly striped with carmine. Dots pale or russet, 

 often conspicuous, rather numerous toward the eye, scattering, very large and 

 elongated toward the cavity where they are often mingled with narrow, broken 

 streaks of grayish scarf-skin. 



Calyx tube elongated cone-shape to funnel-form. Stamens median to 

 marginal. 



Core medium to rather small, axile or nearly so ; cells usually symmetrical, 

 closed or partly open ; core lines slightly clasping. Carpels broadly roundish, 

 slightly emarginate, sometimes tufted. Seeds few. rather dark, wide, flat, 

 obtuse, compactly filling the cells ; often some are abortive 



Flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, somewhat breaking, a little coarse, moderately 

 tender, moderately juicy, at first sprightly subacid but becoming mild subacid 

 or nearly sweet, somewhat aromatic, good to very good. 



ZURDEL. 



REFERENCES, i. N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt,, 8:356. 1889. 2. Burrill and McCluer, 

 ///. Sta. Bui, 45:345- 1896. 3. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui., 248:152. 

 1904. 



SYNONYM. WHITE ZURDEL (i, 2). White Zurdel (3). 



Fruit grass-green with dull blush somewhat like that of Rhode Island Green- 

 ing. As grown at this Station it is hardly fair in quality. It is in season 

 from January to April or May. It is worthy of mention only for the purpose 

 of stating that it has no value for the New York fruit grower. 



