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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



juicy, but not high-flavored; quality good. Not hardy north of forty- 

 second parallel except in favored spots. Angustifolia. Tennessee. 



Pottawattamie. 



Quaker. 



Quaker. Large to very large, roundish oval; color purplish red, 

 with yellow dots and blue bloom; stalk long, inserted in shallow cavity; 

 suture a mere line. Flesh yellow, firm, sweet; quality good to very 

 good. Americana. 



Rockford. Size medium to small, oval, slightly oblong; color 

 dark red, with numerous small dots and quite thick lilac bloom; 

 stem one and one-eighth to one and one-fourth inches long, in small 

 cavity. Flesh meaty, firm, not very juicy; quality very good. 

 Shows some traces of a cross with the Domestica species. Iowa. 



Rollingstone. Medium to large, round, flattened at ends; color 

 mottled red and pinkish purple; dots small; bloom blue; suture ob- 

 scure; stem long in shallow cavity. Flesh yellow, firm, sweet, very 

 good. Americana. Minnesota. 



Rue (J. B. Rue). A variety of Americana originating in north 

 Iowa, almost identical in size and shape with Stoddard, but the pit of 

 the Stoddard is large and flat, while that of J. B. Rue is smaller and 

 rounded. Both varieties are clings, but the J. B. Rue is much superior 

 in quality of flesh. Americana. 



Sanderson. Large; roundish oval, regular; color light red on 

 yellow ground, with blue bloom; skin quite thin, with slight astrin- 

 gency; quality very good; pit nearly free. A Minnesota variety 

 becoming quite popular. Americana. 



