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Fig. 264. 



Flesh hard and coarse ; tender and of a reddish color when 

 cooked. 



Flavor a rough sub-acid, becoming rich and excellent when 

 baked or stewed. See pages 289, 368. 



The Vicar of Winkfield may be substituted for this if it be 

 desired to have a cooking fruit which is also sometimes good 

 to eat out of hand, or that fine old French variety, the Catil- 

 lac, may take its place. 



