AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 



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Tree strong- growing, compact, and bearing well. 



Fruit large, roundish, flattened ; bright red, with indistinct 

 stripes of a lighter shade. 



Flesh white, crisp, but mealy when over-ripened. 



Flavor mild subacid, agreeable and rich. Ripening in Au- 

 gust and September. 



10. AMERICAN PEARMAIN. 



Fig. 152. 



Tree appearing strong and vigorous, yet really of rather 

 slow growth ; somewhat spreading, and a good bearer. It is 

 suited with a sandy soil. 



Fruit rather large, oblong ; greenish yellow, with some thin 

 russet ; dull red on the sunny side, obscurely striped and 

 clouded. 



Flesh yellowish, and pretty firm, with slight mealiness when 

 quite ripe. 



Flavor mild, rich subacid. Ripens in August and Septem- 

 ber. 



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