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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



Blue Pearmain. Fruit very large, nearly regular, roundish to 

 roundish oblong, very slightly conical; surface pale yellow, almost 

 wholly covered with large dark purplish splashes and stripes, mixed 

 nearly solid red on sunny side, the heavy white bloom over dark red 

 ground gives the fruit a bluish color; dots distinct, white, russet, 





Blue Pearmain. 



minute, some large, gray, with russet centres; cavity wide, deep, obtuse, 

 some stellate russet; stem short; basin shallow, smooth, some with 

 trace of russet; calyx open; segments flat convergent. Core partly 

 open; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median. Flesh firm, moderately 

 juicy, yellowish, spicy, pleasant, rich subacid, very good. October 

 to February. 



Blushed Calville (22 M.). Origin, Russia. Hardy and desirable 

 at the North as a very early apple. 



Fruit medium, conical, angular, ribbed; surface yellowish \vhite, 

 with slight blush; dots white, minute, suffused, obscure; basin broad, 

 corrugated; calyx closed; cavity often wavy, often green, sometimes 

 slightly russeted; stem long. Core wide open, clasping; cells large, 



