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fruit; dots minute, yellow, obscure, many; cavity obtuse, regular; 

 stem long, slender; basin flat, corrugated; calyx small, closed; 

 segments divergent. Core closed; tube conical; stamens median; 



Hyslop Crab. 



flesh yellow, acid ; good for culinary use and for cider. September to 

 November. 



Island Gem. Origin, town of Grand Isle, Grand Isle County, 

 Vermont. 



Fruit medium, round, slightly oblate, red, with yellow ground; 

 flesh yellow, mild, subacid, hardly good ; use cider and jelly. Season, 

 October (in Cham plain Valley). 



Jumbo. Origin, Newport, Vermont. "Probably a hybrid." 



Fruit very large, oblong; surface bright red over yellow ground, 

 flavor a mild acid; quality best to very best for dessert and kitchen. 

 November and December. 



Kentucky Mammoth. Supposed origin Kentucky, as it was 

 received about thirty years ago under the above name from Charles 

 Downing by B. A. Mathews, Knoxville, Iowa. Evidently a native 

 crab hybrid (Pyrus lowensis x P- Mains}. 



Fruit much like the Mercer, but lighter green and more o, late. 

 Desirable for culinary use as a substitute for quinces. 



Lyman Prolific. Originated by H. M. Lyman, Excelsior, Minnesota, 

 about thirty-five years ago. 



