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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



Russia. One of the four varieties recommended by the Minnesota 

 State Horticultural Society as of the first degree of hardiness. Tree 

 spreading, vigorous, productive. 



Charlamoff. 



Fruit above medium to large, oblong, somewhat truncated, occa- 

 sionally roundish truncated, angular, ribbed, especially about the 

 stem; surface light yellow covered with dark crimson stripes and 

 splashes, mixed red on sunny side, with a heavy blue bloom; dots 

 white, minute, obscure; cavity, deep, acute, ribbed, with small radi- 

 ating patch of russet; stem medium to long; basin wide, shallow, 

 corrugated; calyx closed; segments large. Core closed; tube funnel- 

 shaped; stamens median; flesh white, fine-grained, pleasant acid, 

 often slightly stained with red next to skin, good. August. 



Chenango (Chenango Strawberry, Sherwood's Favorite). Origin, 

 Lebanon, New York. Tree vigorous, spreading; fruit a great favorite 

 for dessert wherever grown. 



Fruit medium to large, oblong conic, regular, truncated, obscurely 

 ribbed; surface yellowish white, mostly covered with rosy crimson 



