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Willow Twig. Supposed origin, Virginia; tree a poor grower in 

 nursery, in orchard vigorous, spreading, with slender drooping shoots, 

 productive; blights in some localities; profitable for market in parts 

 of the West. 



Fruit large, roundish, regular, flattened at ends, somewhat cylin- 

 drical; surface smooth, somewhat polished, dull light greenish yellow, 

 obscurely marbled, striped and mottled with dull red; dots many, 

 minute, gray and russet; cavity narrow, acute, sometimes lipped; 

 stem medium to rather long, slender; basin Avide, deep, abrupt, with 

 obtuse rim, somewhat corrugated; calyx closed or half open. Core 

 medium, closed, meeting; seeds many, plump; flesh yellowish green, 

 firm, juicy, pleasant subacid, good only. Late winter and spring. 



Windsor (Windsor Chief). Origin, Wisconsin; tree very pro- 

 ductive and an early bearer. One of the hardiest of the Wisconsin 

 winter seedlings. Fruit hangs well to the tree in high winds. 



Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conical and angular; surface some- 

 what unctuous, smooth, light greenish yellow, mostly covered with 

 mixed and marbled dull red, indistinctly splashed, rarely striped, 

 with crimson; dots many, large, gray, coalescent, some surrounded 

 with russet; cavity wide, obtuse, regular, russeted, sometimes rather 

 shallow; stem medium to long, slender; basin abrupt, rather narrow, 



