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obovate, yellowish-green; 

 juicy, sweet, sprightly. Late 

 August. German. 



Sugar Top. Medium, obovate 

 turbinate, yellow; of rather 

 dry, sweet flavor ; moderate or 

 poor. Late July. 



Sullivan. Medium, oblong pyri- 

 form, greenish-yellow ; juicy, 

 sweet, pleasant. September. 

 Belgian. 



Summer Aremberg. Rather 

 small, short pyriform, pale 

 greenish-yellow, with some net- 

 tings of russet ; a little coarse ; 

 melting, sweet; very good. 

 Mid-autumn. English. 



Summer Bell, or Windsor. 

 Large, pyriform, regular, yel- 

 lowish-green ; tender, coarse, 

 astringent rots at core. Tree 

 a handsome grower and great 

 bearer. Late August. 



Summer Bergamot. Small, 

 round, greenish-yellow ; juicy, 

 rich, becoming dry. Early 

 August. 



Summer Bon Chretien. Large, 

 pyriform, ribbed, rich yellow 

 with a reddish cheek; break- 

 ing; very juicy, sweet. For- 

 merly much valued, now gen- 

 erally destroyed by black mil- 

 dew. Early September. 



Summer Doyenne", p. 514. 



Summer Franc Real. Medium, 

 obovate, slightly pyriform, 

 yellowish-green ; fine-grained, 

 buttery, sweet, pleasant. 

 Early September. 



Summer Portugal, p. 515. 



Summer Rose. Medium, round- 

 ish, yellowish ; of poor quality. 

 Late August. 



Summer St. Germain. Medium, 

 obovate, green; juicy, slightly 

 acid. Late August. 



Summer Thorn. See Epine 

 d'Ete". 



Superfin, p. 533. 



Superfondante. Medium, obo- 

 vate, pale yellow; buttery, 

 melting; good. October. 



Supreme de Quimper, p. 512. 



Surpasse Crassane. Resembling 

 the old Crassane, but more 

 productive, healthy aud vigor- 

 ous. Belgian. 



Surpasse Meuris. Medium, conic, 

 rough, russeted ; melting, vi- 

 nous. October. 



Surpasse Virgalieu, p. 533. 



Suzette de Bevay, p. 540. 



Swan's Egg. Small, oval, pale 

 green; juicy, sweet, slightly 

 musky. October. 



Swan's Orange. See Onondaga. 



Swiss Bergamot. Medium, 

 roundish, slightly turbinate, 

 pale green and pale red; melt- 

 ing, sweet, agreeable. Octo- 

 ber. 



Sylvange. Roundish-obovate, 

 pale green; melting, sweet, 

 agreeable. October. Keeps 

 well. 



Taihe. See Japan Golden Russet. 



Tarquin des Pyrenees. Large, 

 pyriform, green; quality poor 

 great keeper. 



Taylor Pear. Medium, roundish- 

 oblate, green ; buttery, vinous, 

 with vanilla flavor. Early 

 winter. Va. 



Tea, p. 533. 



Theodore Van Mons, p. 524. 



Therese Appert. Medium, pyri- 



