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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



Magog Red Streak. Raised from seed by William Warren, New- 

 port, Vermont; tree thrifty, vigorous, upright, spreading, productive. 



Fruit medium or nearly so, roundish, inclining to oblong; light 

 yellow, shaded and faintly striped and splashed with light red over 

 half the fruit; stem short, small; calyx closed; basin medium, corru- 

 gated; flesh yellowish, a little coarse, moderately juicy, mild subacid; 

 Core medium, fair to good. December, March. 



Maiden Blush. Origin, New Jersey; tree vigorous, productive; 

 fruit much esteemed for table, market, cooking, and evaporating. 



Maiden Blush. 



Fruit rather large, oblate, very regular, slightly conical; surface 

 very smooth, polished, delicate waxen, clear pale yellow, with beauti- 

 ful deep crimson cheek, the two colors often joining in brilliant red; 

 cavity rather wide, deep, with trace of russet; stem short; basin 

 wide, smooth, medium ; calyx closed ; segments erect convergent. Core 

 closed; cells ovate; tube short, conical ; stamens marginal ; flesh white, 

 tender, brisk, pleasant aromatic subacid, not rich, good. Septem- 

 ber, October. 



Malinda. Originated by Mr. Rollins of Orange Co., Vermont, 

 named for one of his daughters, introduced into Minnesota by his son, 

 I. W. Rollins, of Elgin, Minn. ; about 1858 or 1860. Tree a slender, 



