FOR AMATEUR CULTURE. 

 LEWIS. 



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Native of Roxbury, Mass. It is a hardy tree, vigorous, spreading, 

 rather drooping as it grows old, always bears, and fruit always regular 

 and even in size. If well ripened, it is a fine, delicious fruit, otherwise 

 not more than second quality. It is profitable as a standard orchard va 

 riety, but requires rich deep soil, or its immense crops exhaust too rap 

 idly, causing the fruit to be quite small and insipid. Fruit, below medium, 

 roundish obovate, obtuse at stem ; color, dark, becoming pale green with 

 many russet specks; stem, long, slender, shallow depression; calyx, 

 large ; segments, broad in divisions ; basin, almost obscure ; core, above 

 medium for size of fruit; seeds, large, ovate; flesh, yellowish white, 

 rather coarse, melting, juicy. Season, November to February. 



LEE S SEEDLING. 



American. Native of Salem, Mass. Fruit, medium, roundish oval, 

 greenish russet, brown in sun ; stem, short ; calyx, open ; core, large ; 

 flesh, white, coarse, juicy, &quot; good.&quot; September. 



