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Core small; cells closed; core lines scarcely meeting. Carpels ovate. 

 Seeds numerous, large, plump. 



Flesh white, often stained next to the skin, firm, fine, tender, juicy, aro- 

 matic, mild subacid, very good for dessert. 



Season September to November. 



BOROVINKA. 



REFERENCES, i. Montreal Hort. Soc. Kept., 8:37. 1881-82. 2. Ib., 8:75. 

 1881-82. 3. Budd, la. Hort, Soc. Rpt., 1882:80. 4. Gibb, Ib., 1883:432. 

 5. Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 9:80. 1883. fig. 6. Budd, la. Agr. Coll. Bui, 

 1885:9. 7. ? Schroeder, Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt. 1886-87:71. 8. Ib., 

 1886-87:79. 9. Van Deman, U. S. Pom. Rpt., 1888:571. 10. Budd, la. Agr. 

 Coll. Bui., 1890:18. ii. Can. Hort., 13:216. 1890. 12. Budd, la. Sta. Bui., 

 19:536. 1892. 13. Harris, U. S. Pom. Rpt., 1892:273, 278. 14. Taylor, Me. 

 Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1892:58. 15. Niemetz, Can. Hort., 16:113. 1893. 16. 

 Green, Minn. Sta. Bui., 32:240. 1893. 17. Stinson, Ark. Sta. Bui., 43 :-io5. 

 1896. 18. Thomas, 1897:629. 19. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1897:12. 20. Han- 

 sen, S. D. Sta. Bui, 76:33. 1902. 21. Farrand, Mich. Sta. Bui, 205:43. 

 1903. 22. Budd-Hansen, 1903:54. fig. 



SYNONYMS. BOROVINKA (i, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, u, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 

 21, 22). Borovinka (4). BOROVITSKY (18). BOROVINKA ANGLUSKAIA (2, 

 3). (ENGLISH BOROVINKA, 7)? MUSHROOM (4). Mushroom (5). 9 M (2, 

 3). No. 245 (6, 9, 10, 12, 17). 



Borovinka resembles Oldenburg so closely that Hansen says the question 

 of their identity has not been settled (20). As fruited at this Station it is 

 distinct from Oldenburg; it is fully as attractive as Oldenburg in color but 

 it lacks uniformity in size and is not equal to that variety in flavor and 

 quality. The stock grown at this Station came from Professor J. L. Budd, 

 Ames, la., in 1890, and is doubtless the true Borovinka. 



Historical. Origin Russia. 



TREE. 



Tree below medium size but moderately vigorous. Form upright spread- 

 ing to rather flat, open. Twigs short, curved, stout; internodes short. Bark 

 dark brown, lightly mottlec with scarf-skin; slightly pubescent. Lenticels 

 scattering, medium to large, oblong, slightly raised. Buds prominent, medium 

 in size, broad, plump, obtuse to aci-te, free, not pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit below medium to large, averaging medium ; pretty uniform in shape 

 but not in size. Form roundish, slightly flattened at the ends, regular or 

 faintly ribbed. Stem medium in length, thick. Cavity acute, rather shallow 

 to moderately deep, moderately broad, slightly furrowed, sometimes with 

 faint radiating rays of russet. Calyx medium to rather large, closed; lobes 

 broad. Basin medium to rather deep, wide, somewhat abrupt, slightly fur- 

 rowed, occasionally showing mammiform protuberances. 



