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1890. The American Pomological Society added the variety to its fruit - 

 list in 1909. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, rapid-growing, very productive; trunk thick; 

 branches reddish-brown, nearly covered with thin, gray scarf-skin, marked with numerous 

 lenticels; branchlets short, with internodes variable in length, light greenish-brown, dull, 

 glabrous except near the ends of the new growth, sprinkled with numerous small, 

 conspicuous, raised lenticels. 



Leaf -buds very small, short, pointed, appressed. Leaves 2 \ in. long, \\ in. wide, 

 thick, leathers- ; apex taper-pointed ; margin tipped with few minute glands, finely or coarsely 

 serrate; petiole \\ in. long, glabrous, slender, tinged with red; stipules very small when 

 present. Flower-buds small, short, conical, sharply pointed, plump, free, singly on very 

 short spurs; flowers showy, 1 j in. across, in dense clusters, 8 or 10 buds in a cluster; pedicels 

 1 5 in. long, slightly pubescent. 



Fruit ripe late September to October; medium in size, 25 in. long, 2§ in. wide, obovate- 

 acute-pyriform, symmetrical; stem f in. long, thick; cavity very shallow and obtuse or 

 lacking, the flesh folded up around the base of the stem and often lipped ; calyx open, large ; 

 lobes narrow, acute ; basin shallow, narrow, obtuse, smooth or gently furrowed, symmetrical ; 

 skin thin, tender, smooth, glossy; color pale golden-yellow, blushed on the exposed cheek 

 with solid bright red, becoming almost crimson in highly colored specimens ; dots numerous, 

 small, russet, obscure; flesh yellowish-white or dull white, fine-grained near the skin, gran- 

 ular at the center, tender and melting, buttery, very juicy, characteristically spicy and 

 aromatic; quality very good. Core closed, axile, with meeting core-lines; calyx-tube 

 conical; carpels ovate; seeds wide, plump, obtuse. 



