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PRINCE S ST. GERMAIN. 



New St. Germain, | Brown St. Germain. 



Raised from the 

 seed of the old St. 

 Germain, nearly fifty 

 years since, at the 

 Prince Nurseries, 

 Flushing, L. I. Tree, 

 hardy, thrifty, very 

 productive ; the fruit 

 keeps well, and re 

 quires no more care 

 to ripen than apples ; 

 shoots, reddish brown. 



Fruit, medium, ob 

 long, obovate pyri- 

 forrn ; color, green and 

 pale yellow marbled, 

 and covered nearly 

 with brownish russet 

 specks ; stem, long, 

 slender, (our drawing 

 shows only a portion 

 of it;) cavity, slight, 

 narrow ; calyx, with 

 broad segments with 

 out divisions ; basin, 

 regular, even, not deep ; core, small ; seeds, oblong, ovate ; flesh, 

 white, juicy, melting, sweet, vinous. Season, December to March. 



ROSTIEZER. 



Foreign. Tree, strong upright grower, large foliage, dark olive- 

 colored wood ; an early, free, abundant bearer. 



Fruit, below medium, obovate pyriform ; color, dull green, reddish 

 brown cheek in sun, whitish specks, and traces of thin russet ; stem, 

 long, slender, without depression ; calyx, medium, open ; basin, very 

 shallow ; core, small; seeds, ovate, pointed ; flesh, juicy, melting, sweet, 

 perfumed. Season, last of August. 



SECKEL. 



Seckle, 

 Sickle, 



Sycle, 



New York Red Cheek, 

 Red-cheeked Seckel, 



The original tree of this variety, according to Dr. Brinckle, stands 

 in Passyunk township, on the Delaware river, about three and a 



