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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



axile, slit; tube conical; stamens median or marginal; seeds large, 

 pointed, few; flesh yellowish white, stained with red, fine-grained, 



Sops of Wine. 



moderately juicy, mild, pleasant subacid, good to very good. Late 

 July, early August, in central Iowa. 



Speer. A stray variety in some scions of another variety received 

 from Russia. Named in honor of R. P. Speer, Cedar Falls, Iowa, by 

 the Iowa State Horticultural Society. 



Fruit above medium to large, roundish, somewhat oblate, regular; 

 surface rich golden yellow, remarkable for the numerous minute 

 prominences and raised dots; dots obscure, many, minute; cavity 

 regular, obtuse, slightly russeted; stem medium, stout; basin smooth, 

 wide, deep, very abrupt, forming a cup with a few prominences in 

 bottom; calyx closed; segments erect convergent, very large and 

 leafy. Core closed, clasping; cells axile, ovate; tube funnel-shaped; 

 stamens marginal; flesh white, juicy, crisp, sprightly acid, good. 

 Late fall. 



Springdale. Origin, Arkansas; of recent introduction. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, slightly conical, regular; surface 

 yellow almost or wholly covered with fine dark solid red, obscurely 



