FOR AMATEUR CULTURE. 



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core, medium ; seeds, long ovate, pointed ; flesh, yellowish, juicy, sub-acid ; 

 &quot; best.&quot; October and November. 



GARRETSON S EARLY. 



John Garretson s Early. 



Native probably of New Jersey. Tree, vigorous growth, early, abun 

 dant bearer ; fruit, medium, roundish, flattened ; pale green, becoming 

 yellowish, dotted with whitish specks ; stem, short ; cavity, shallow ; calyx, 

 closed ; basin, ribbed ; core, large ; seeds, plump ; flesh, white, crisp, ten 

 der, sub-acid ; &quot; very good, August. 



GEORGE. 



From Muskingum Co., Ohio. Tree, spreading, free bearer ; fruit, me 

 dium, roundish flattened, pale yellow, with russety blotches and specks, 

 oft quite russety ; calyx, large, open ; basin, shallow ; flesh, whitish, firm, 

 juicy, mild acid. July. 



GILPIN. 



Carthouse, | Romanite of the West. 



From Virginia. Its keeping and bearing qualities will always render it 

 more or less popular. Fruit, below medium, roundish, flattened at apex, 

 deep red and yellow; stem, varying; cavity deep ; calyx, closed; basin, 

 sometimes furrowed ; core, medium ; seeds, ovate ; flesh, yellow, firm, juicy, 

 will keep a year. 



GILES. 



From &quot;Wallingford, Conn. Fruit, medium, conical, dark red ; flesh, 

 tender, juicy ; &quot; very good.&quot; October and November. 



