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5. KAIGHN'S SPITZENBURGH, 

 Fruit of ihe full medium size ; oblong, or ends subequal ; subcircular. Color red in stripes, 

 more or less dilTiise upon a yellow ground. Stem short, depression narrow. Calyx in a 

 shallow depression. Flesh whi(e ; firm, juicy, sweet or nearly so, and fine. 



6. WINTER PEARMAIN, 



7. NEWARK KING, 



Fruit of the medium size, fair. Color yellow, ornamented with red stripes. Flesh tender, 

 yellowish white ; pleasant and rich. Early winter. New- Jersey. 



8. RED BELLE FLEUR. Fig. 31, 



Fruit of the medium size; smooth, 

 circular, symmetrical, elonga- 

 ted. Color red, striped; paler 

 around the calyx; both depres- 

 sions rather shallow and wide. 

 Calyx large. Russet around the 

 stem. Flesh white, tender, jui- 

 cy. May be ranked as second 

 rate. 



Exhibited at the Horticultural 

 rooms, 1849. The stem is exhi- 

 bited as broken. 



9. JONATHAN. Plate 25. 



Fruit of the medium size, circular, fair, slightly elongated, but the ends are subequal. 

 Color deep carmine in stripes, and paler about the apex ; variegated with open patches 

 of yellow. Stem short, subequaling tlie base ; degression deep, margins abrupt but 

 rounded, borders without plaits. Flesh yellow, fine, juicy and rich, equaling the Spit- 

 zenburgli. Keeps through the winter. The tree is productive. 



