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cavity wide, shallow; flesh rather firm, tender when 

 ripe, sweet, pleasant. Quite early. Growth erect. 



Bowyer's Early Heart, Arden's Ea'rly Heart, and Rivers' 

 Early Amber, are either identical with the Early White 

 Heart, or differ in no essential point. 



Elliott's Favorite. Size medium, round, regular, slightly 

 compressed ; color pale amber yellow, with a bright, mar- 

 bled, carmine-red cheek ; stalk an inch and a half long, 

 cavity even and regular ; flesh pale amber, translucent, 

 tender, delicate, juicy, with a sweet, fine flavor. Season 

 medium, ripening with Belle de Choisy. Shoots vigor- 

 ous, diverging. Origin, Cleveland, Ohio. New. 



Hyde's Red Heart. Size medium, heart-shaped ; colof^be- 

 coming a lively red, tender, pleasant. Shoots strong. 

 New. 



Manning's Mottled. (Syn. Mottled Bigarreau.) Medium 

 or rather large, round-heart-shaped, suture distinct ; color 

 amber shaded and mottled with red ; semi-transparent, 

 glossy ; stalk slender, cavity shallow ; flesh yellow, ten- 

 der when ripe, sweet, with a good flavor, often only sec- 

 ond-rate. Stone rather large. Season, medium. Shoots 

 dark. Productive. Origin, Salem, Mass. 



SPARHAWK'S HONEY. Medium in size, round-heart-shaped, 

 regular ; surface glossy, pale amber, becoming lively red ; 

 stalk an inch and a half long, rather slender, cavity 

 round, even; flesh juicy, delicate, sweet, of fine flavor. 

 Rather late. Very productive . Origin, Brighton, Mass. 



Sweet Montmorency. Medium in size, round, slightly flat- 

 tened at base, with a depressed point at apex ; color pale 

 amber, mottled with light red ; stalk an inch and three- 

 fourths long, slender, cavity small, even; flesh yellowish, 

 tender, sweet, excellent. Season very late or past mid- 

 summer. Approaches somewhat in character the Morel- 

 lo. Origin, Salem, Mass. 



White Tartarian. Size medium, or rather small ; obtuse 

 heart-shaped ; skin pale yellow or cream color, not red- 

 dened by the sun ; stalk an inch and a half long, slen- 

 der ; flesh somewhat pellucid, whitish yellow, half ten- 

 der, with a second-rate, slightly bitter flavor. 





