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Willow Twig. Supposed origin, Virginia; tree a poor grower in 

 nursery, in orchard vigorous, spreading, with slender drooping shoots, 

 productive; blights in some localities; profitable for market in parts 

 of the West. 



Fruit large, roundish, regular, flattened at ends, somewhat cylin- 

 drical; surface smooth, somewhat polished, dull light greenish yellow, 

 obscurely marbled, striped and mottled with dull red; dots many, 

 minute, gray and russet; cavity narrow, acute, sometimes lipped; 

 stem medium to rather long, slender; basin wide, deep, abrupt, with 

 obtuse rim, somewhat corrugated; calyx closed or half open. Core 

 medium, closed, meeting; seeds many, plump; flesh yellowish green, 

 iirm, juicy, pleasant subacid, good only. Late winter and spring. 



Windsor (Windsor Chief}. Origin, Wisconsin; tree very pro- 

 ductive and an early bearer. One of the hardiest of the Wisconsin 

 winter seedlings. Fruit hangs well to the tree in high winds. 



Windsor. 



Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conical and angular; surface some- 

 what unctuous, smooth, light greenish yellow, mostly covered with 

 mixed and marbled dull red, indistinctly splashed, rarely striped, 

 with crimson; dots many, large, gray, coalescent, some surrounded 

 with russet; cavity wide, obtuse, regular, russeted, sometimes rather 

 shallow; stem medium to long, slender; basin abrupt, rather narrow, 



