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WILLOW. 



Willow Twig? j Willow Leaf? 



Under these names we have examined specimens, and although there is 

 a slight difference, we are inclined to think it only from varied location 

 and soil. The variety came from New Jersey. It is esteemed for or 

 charding on rich bottomlands or prairies, being a good bearer, great keeper, 

 and valuable for Southern exportation. Fruit, above medium to large, 

 roundish ; dull yellow, striped, splashed or mottled with light and dark 

 red; calyx and basin, medium; stem, generally short, slender; cavity, 

 roundish acuminate ; core, rather small ; seeds, oblong pyriform ; flesh, 

 yellowish, rather dry, breaking, mild sub-acid; not quite &quot;very good.&quot; 

 Dec. to May. 



WILLIAM PENN. 



A native of Columbia, Pennsylvania. Rather large, roundish oblate, 

 slightly conical ; color, grayish, delicately mottled, and striped with red 

 on a greenish yellow ground, with numerous white specks, in the centre 

 of which, is a minute russet dot ; stem, short, not very stout, sometimes 

 fleshy, inserted in an open, rather deep, russeted cavity ; basin, sometimes 

 wide and shallow, usually narrow, rather deep and furrowed ; flesh, 

 greenish yellow, juicy, with a delicious Spitzenberg aroma ; quality, &quot; very 

 good,&quot; if not &quot;best;&quot; represented as being an abundant bearer. (W 

 D. B.) 



