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THE APPLE. 



Fruit small, i-oundish, oblate, greenish, with a brown tinge. Flesb 

 crisp, juicy, pleasant. December and January. (Ron.) 



American Summer Pearmain. 



Early Summer Pearmaiu. 



A rich, highly-flavored fruit, much esteemed where it is known. It 

 appears to be quite difterent from the Summer Pearmain (of the English), 

 and is probably a seedling raised from it. It ripens gradually from the 

 tenth of August to the last of September. Tree moderately vigorous, 

 with slender branches, I'ound-headed. Young shoots dull reddish-brown. 



Pruit of medium size, oblong, widest at the crown, and tapei'ing slight- 

 ly to the eye. Skin red, spotted with yellow in the shade, but streaked 



American Summer Pearmain. 



with livelier red and yellow on the sunny side. Stalk three-fourths of 

 an inch long, and pretty deeply inserted. Eye deeply sunk. Calj-x 

 closed. Segments short, erect. Basin abrupt, slightly corrugated. Flesh 

 yellow, remarkably tender, with a rich and pleasant flavor, and often 

 bursts in falling from the tree. Quality best. Core medium. 



Ananas. 



Rother Ananas. Bromelia Ananas. 



Tree vigorous, productive. 



Fruit medium, rovmdish, yellow, streaked with bright red in the sun, 

 brown spots in shade. Stalk long, slender. Ca\ity deep, open. Calyx 



