AMERICAN HUME GARDEN. 



401 



or quince stock, affording a good winter fruit, not liable to 

 shrivel or decay. 



35. COLUMBIA. 



Fig. 260. 



Tree of upright strong growth, with brownish-yellow shoots. 

 Bears largely and constantly ; fair marketable fruit. 



Fruit rather large, regular, long obovate, inclining to ob- 

 long ; fine golden yellow at maturity, with gray dots. 



.Flesh white, not fine-grained, but juicy and melting. 



Flavor sweet, rich, and aromatic. Ripens through Decem- 

 ber and into January. 



This fruit originated upon the land of Mr. Andrew Corsa, in 

 the lower part of Westchester county, New York. The parent 



