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stout terminal buds large ; internodes medium to short. Bark brownish-red 

 tinged with olive-green, lightly streaked with scarf-skin, pubescent. Lenticels 

 very scattering, medium in size, elongated, slightly raised. Buds prominent, 

 medium to large, broad, plump, obtuse to acute, free or nearly so, pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit medium to large. Form roundish to oblate conic, broadly or obscurely 

 ribbed; sides often unequal. Stem short or medium, slender. Cavity acute 

 to acuminate, deep, moderately narrow to rather broad, often russeted. Calyx 

 small to medium, partly open or sometimes closed; lobes reflexed. Basin 

 usually very small, shallow and narrow or sometimes abrupt and moderately 

 deep, seldom furrowed or wrinkled. 



Skin thin, tough, smooth, somewhat waxy, pale yellow or greenish partly 

 washed with light red, rather indistinctly striped with carmine and marked 

 toward the cavity with broken stripes of grayish scarf-skin. Dots large, 

 grayish, rather obscure, mingled w r ith numerous others that are small and 

 russet. Prevailing effect yellowish. 



Calyx tube medium to large, conical to funnel-form, sometimes extending 

 to the core. Stamens median. 



Core below medium to medium in size, somewhat abaxile to nearly axile ; 

 cells usually symmetrical, partly open or closed; core lines clasp the funnel 

 cylinder. Carpels roundish to obcordate, emarginate, slightly tufted. Seeds 

 medium to rather large, dark, plump, obtuse, sometimes tufted. 



Flesh whitish tinged with yellow, or greenish, moderately firm, moderately 

 fine, rather crisp, somewhat tender, juicy, mild subacid with a peculiar but 

 not altogether agreeable aroma, fair quality. 



Season November to March or April. Commercial limit, February. 



TEWKSBURY. 



REFERENCES, i. Coxe, 1817:156. fig. 2. Buel, N. Y. Bd. Agr. Mem., 1820: 

 476. 3. Wilson, 1828:136. 4. Downing, 1845:140. 5. Thomas, 1849:186. 6. 

 Cole, 1849:136. 7. Emmons, Nat. Hist. A r . Y., 3:88. 1851. 8. Elliott, 1854: 

 160. 9. Hooper, 1857:93. 10. Gregg, 1857:59. u. Warder, 1867:406, 416. 

 la. Downing, 1869:382. fig. 13. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1871:10. 14. Barry, 

 1883:355. 15. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:298. 16. Bailey, An. Hort., 

 1892:251. 17. Amer. Card., 16:14. 1895. 18. Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 

 56:309. 1905. 



SYNONYMS. FINK (9), but incorrectly. Fink (11), but incorrectly. Fink's 

 Seedling (8, 18). TEWKESBURY WINTER BLUSH (10, 12, 16). Tewkcsbury 

 Blush (12). TEWKSBERRY WINTER BLUSH (3). TEWKSBERY WINTER BLUSH 

 (2). TEWKSBURY BLUSH (5, 7, 8, 17). Tewksbury Blush (18). TEWKSBURY 

 WINTER BLUSH (i, 4 , 6, 11, 13, 14). Tewksbury Winter Blush (5, 8, 9, 18). 



Valued chiefly because it is a long keeper and holds its quality well late 

 in the season. The color is bright yellow or greenish with a beautiful pinkish- 

 red blush somewhat like that of Maiden Blush; decidedly attractive. Although 



is an old variety it is but very little grown in New York state which is 

 pretty good evidence that it does not possess superior value for New York 

 fruit growers. 



