WINTER NELIS PEAK. 



WOOD. Dark brownish yellow, slender, short-jointed, and sprinkled 

 with small grayish russet specks ; annual shoots always curved at the 

 ends; buds remarkably prominent, diverging, long, full, and sharply 

 pointed : Flower-buds medium size, oval. 



LEAVES. Medium size, very long and narrow, tapering to each end, 

 folded, slightly recurved on the midrib, without serratures, and generally 

 pendent ; petioles long and slender. 



FLOWEKS. Large; petals obovate, reftexed at the edges, tapering 

 much to the claw. 



FKUIT. Medium size, about two and a half inches long, and two and 

 a quarter in diameter : Form, obovate, largest in the middle, rounding 

 off towards the eye, and contracted near the stem, where it ends ob- 

 tusely : Skin, rough, dull yellowish green, becoming yellower when ma- 

 ture, and nearly or quite covered with brownish russet, darkest on the 

 sunny side, with a few dark specks interspersed over the surface : Stem, 

 long, about one and a quarter inches, rather slender, largest at the end 

 adjoining the branch, smooth, dark brown, and slightly sunk in a shallow 

 cavity : Eye, medium size, open, and moderately sunk in a round basin ; 

 segments of the calyx broad and pointed : Flesh, yellowish white, fine, 

 melting, buttery, and juicy : Flavor, rich, sugary, highly perfumed, and 

 delicious : Core, medium size : Seeds, large, nearly black. 



RIPE in December, and frequently keeps till February. 



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