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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



yellow veinings, fine-grained, rich, spicy, mild subacid, very good. 

 Last of August and early September. 



Summer King. An old variety; supposed origin, North Carolina, 

 popular in Kentucky; tree upright, moderate grower, productive 

 alternate years. 



Fruit medium to large, roundish oblate; surface yellowish green, 

 striped with crimson, red and orange; cavity large, deep, russeted; 

 stem short; basin medium, regular; calyx closed. Core small; 

 flesh whitish, yellow, fine, brittle, juicy, mild agreeable subacid. 

 August, September. 



Summer Pearmain (American Summer Pearmairi). Of American 



Summer Pearmain. 



origin; of slender, slow growth in nursery, in orchard large, round- 

 headed, productive. 



Fruit medium, regular, roundish oblong, slightly tapering, very 

 regular; surface greenish yellow, covered with mixed and marbled 

 red, obscurely splashed and streaked with brighter red on sunny 

 side; dots russet and gray, many, obscure, minute; cavity regular, 

 obtuse, some stellate russet; stem long, slender; basin shallow, 

 smooth, abrupt, very regular; calyx nearly closed; segments flat 

 convergent. Core closed, small, roundish, meeting, distant; cells 



