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The IVildgoose Varieties Named and Described 



CHOPTANK. Fruit oval; size above 

 medium ; cavity shallow ; stem long, 

 strong, and holds fast; suture a faint 

 I | line; color bright red; dots many, 



fine, yellow ; bloom thin, bluish ; skin 

 medium thick ; flesh yellow ; stone 

 medium size, oval, flattened, cling; 

 quality fair to good; season medium 

 early. 



Originated and introduced by J. 

 W. Kerr, Maryland. 



CLARA. A variety mentioned in 



Texas Experiment station Bulletin 32, p. 482. I know noth- 

 ing about it. 



CLARK. Fruit round ; size small to medium : apex trun- 

 cate ; color red ; stone cling ; season of Wildgoose. 



Said to have been found wild in Anne Arundel county, 

 Maryland. This statement should not be relied on, however. 

 Not a valuable variety. 



CLIFFORD (Mrs. Clifford). Fruit pyriform; size large: 

 cavity almost obsolete: suture a line; color red: bloom con- 

 spicuous: skin thin: flesh yellow; stone semi-cling; quality 

 good : a little later than Wildgoose. 



Originated in northern Texas, and said to be a seedling of 

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