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good second-rate flavor, but often poor on heavy soils. 

 Late summer. Shoots yellowish. Productive, and bears 

 when very young. 



Limon. Size medium; obovate, slightly pyriform; light 

 yellow, with a reddish brown blush ; stalk an inch and a 

 half long ; cavity round, even, shallow ; calyx slightly 

 sunk ; flesh buttery, melting, of fine texture, with a mild, 

 sweet, slightly perfumed flavor. Late summer. Shoots 

 long, slender, reddish brown. Belgian. 



MADELEINE. (Syn. Citron des Cannes, Magdelen, Green 

 Chisel, incorrectly.) Medium in size, obconic-obovate, 

 obcurely pyriform ; skin smooth, pale yellowish green, 

 rarely a faint brownish blush ; stalk slender, an inch and 

 a half long, cavity very narrow and small ; basin very 

 shallow ; flesh very juicy and melting, usually faintly 

 acid, with an agreeable, delicate, fine, refreshing flavor. 

 Matures about midsummer, or at the time of wheat har- 

 vest. Needs house-ripening. Shoots straight, erect, 

 greenish, growth vigorous; tree rather liable to blight. 

 Leaves quite flat. 



Muscadine. Size medium ; short obovate, regular, some- 

 times slightly oblique ; surface a little rough, yellowish 

 green, thickly dotted; stalk an inch and a fourth long, 

 rather stout, cavity very small, even ; basin rather wide, 

 shallow ; flesh buttery, melting, a little coarse, rather 

 rich, slightly musky, faintly astringent, good second or 

 nearly first-rate. Ripens end of summer, and early in 

 autumn. Shoots rather thick. Origin, Orange County, 

 New-York. 



Osband's Summer. (Syn. Summer Virgalieu, erroneously.) 

 Medium in size, often rather small, obovate, regular, 

 smooth and even ; sometimes remotely pyriform ; green- 

 ish yellow becoming yellow, with a reddish brown cheek, 

 often faintly russeted ; stalk three-fourths to one inch 

 long, slightly sunk in a nearly even cavity ; calyx erect, 

 in a round, nearly even, or slightly wrinkled basin; flesh 

 white, granular, with a sweet, mild, and fine flavor. First 

 rate in its best state, but soon loses its flavor when ma- 



