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tube conical; stamens marginal; seeds short, plump; flesh white, 

 tender, juicy, mild subacid, with sweet after-taste, very good. Au- 

 gust to September. 



Longfield. Origin, Russia; tree of moderate, spreading, pendulous 

 growth ; an early and very heavy annual bearer. 



Fruit medium, roundish conical, unequal, often obscurely angular; 

 surface smooth, polished, clear waxen yellow, with a lively red blush; 

 dots distinct, few, large, yellowish; cavity regular, deep, narrow, 

 acuminate, with stellate russet; stem short; basin narrow, abrupt, 

 wrinkled; calyx half open; segments large, divergent. Core closed, 

 clasping; cells ovate, entire; tube funnel -shaped, long; stamens me- 

 dian; seeds few, large, long, plump, pointed; flesh very white, very 

 tender and juicy, pleasant, brisk, subacid, good. October, Novem-. 

 ber. 



Lord (Lord's Longfield). Originated from seed of Wealthy by 

 O. M. Lord, Minnesota City, Minnesota, and named at first from 

 its resemblance to Longfield, but later fruits show much color. 



Fruit medium, roundish, somewhat conical, regular; surface 

 greenish, mostly or wholly covered with rosy crimson, a handsome 



fruit; dots minute, white; cavity deep, narrow, acute, with radiat- 

 ing patch of yellow; stem long; basin narrow, regular, abrupt, with 

 fine wrinkles; calyx half open. Core closed, meeting; tube conical; 

 stamens median; flesh white, stained next to skin, firm, mild, pleas- 



