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rous, tree productive, and fruit always fair and handsome. 

 Very valuable its chief and perhaps only deficiency is a 

 frequent want of a full, high, rich flavor. It must be 

 gathered while yet hard, and ripened within doors. The 

 Beurre Spence, so long the " Great Unknown " of pomo- 

 logists, is commonly believed to be no other than this 

 variety. 



Great Citron of Bohemia. Large, oblong, yellow, spotted 

 and tinged with red next the sun ; stalk an inch lonr ; 

 flesh juicy, with a second or third-rate flavor. 



Jalousie. Rather large, varying from roundish to obovate- 

 pyriform ; surface smooth, deep rich russet, with clear de- 

 fined, lighter dots ; stalk an inch and a quarter long, cavi- 

 ty and basin narrow and small, sometimes rather deep ; 

 flesh white, dry, and with poor flavor. Mid-autumn. 

 Shoots stout, olive. Handsome and worthless. French. 



Shenks. Rather large, roundish-obovate, obscurely ribbed, 

 crown flattened ; light yellow, often a light red cheek ; 

 stalk one inch long ; basin deep ; flesh white, a little 

 gritty, tender, melting, sub-acid, second-rate. Needs 

 house-ripening. Mid-autumn. New-England. 



Van Buren. Large, obovate, crown flattened ; surface clear 

 yellow, with an orange red blush, dots conspicuous; flesh 

 white, crisp, sweet, for baking only. Handsome. New- 

 Haven, Conn. 



Van dssene. Rather large, obovate, slightly angular; crown 

 obtuse, sides rounded ; skin fair, smooth, dull yellow ; 

 stalk an inch and a qurater long, slender, curved, mode- 

 rately sunk ; calyx closed ; flesh white, rather coarse, 

 buttery, melting, rich. Belgian. 



Onondaga, and Dutchess of Angouleme, of the preceding 

 class, approach this in form. 



Section II. Medium in size. 



Abbott. Medium in size, oblong-obovate, (like the Wash- 

 ington,) surface even, smooth, dark dull green, with a 

 reddish brown cheek changing to scarlet, stalk an inch 



