SMOKE HOUSE. 



Synonyms Millcreek, Vandervere. 



Size of ^ma-Above medium. J Lon g itudi l diameter, 2i inches. 



( Transverse diameter, 3i inches. 

 Form Oblate. 



Skin Striped and mottled with crimson, on a greenish-yellow ground. 

 Stem J to I inches by T'T, curved, inserted in a rather narrow, not very deep 



cavity. 



Calyx Closed, set in a wide shallow basin. 

 Core Medium. 



Seed Brown, long, acuminate, I inch long, J wide, TO thick. 

 Flesh Yellowish-white, crisp, juicy. 

 Flavor Rich, sub-acid, with a peculiar delicate aroma. 

 Quality "Very good." 

 Maturity October to January. 

 Leaf- 1& inches wide, 3i long, including the petiole, which is I inch long, 



T'S thick. 



Wood Young shoots, brown. 

 Growth Moderately vigorous. 



HISTORY, ETC. 



The Smoke House is a native of Pennsylvania. It originated with William 

 Gibbons, Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, and grew near his smoke-house. 

 The variety was brought into notice, twenty or thirty years ago, by Mr. Ash- 

 bridge, though it had long before been in the nursery of Mr. Connard, who 

 resided in the vicinity of its original locality. It is probably a natural Seedling 

 from the Vandiver of Delaware. 



