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Fruit very large, often enormous, roundish to roundish oblate, 

 somewhat irregular and angular, especially when overgrown; surface 

 whitish yellow, almost wholly covered with bright red and rosy 

 crimson, with carmine splashes and thin whitish bloom, a very hand- 

 some fruit; dots white, obscure; cavity regular, deep, somewhat 

 acuminate, medium width, russeted; stem short; basin narrow, 

 abrupt, wavy; calyx half open. Core open, clasping, medium size; 

 cells rounded, ovate, slit; tube conical; stamens median; seeds not 

 many, short, plump; flesh whitish, coarse-grained, moderately juicy, 

 pleasant subacid, good only. October to midwinter. 



Wythe. Origin, on the farm of Rodolphus Chandler, Wythe, 

 Illinois; tree vigorous, with round top; a good annual bearer, blooms 

 late. First introduced about 1873. A seedling of Rails Genet, and 

 much resembles that variety in tree and fruit. 



Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conic, nearh r regular; surface 

 white, shaded, striped and splashed over two-thirds its surface with 

 bright red; dots few, light and gray; cavity rather large, deep; stem 

 short, small; basin medium, slightly plaited; calyx small, closed. 

 Core medium; flesh whitish, fine, tender, crisp, juicy, sprightly sub- 

 acid, slightly aromatic, very good. January, March. 



Yahnke. Originated as a root sprout, from a tree killed in 1873, 

 with Frank Yahnke, Winona, Minnesota; tree vigorous, spreading, 

 productive. One of the candidates for the seedling apple prize offered 

 by the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. Fruit " has kept in an 

 ordinary cellar through March." 



Fruit above medium to large, roundish, slightly conical, obscurely 

 angular; surface smooth, clear rich yellow, mostly covered with fine 

 dark crimson, with broad splashes and streaks of carmine, mixed and 

 marbled, nearly solid on sunny side, a handsome fruit, the broad 

 irregular dark crimson or carmine streaks are characteristic; dots 

 many, very distinct, minute, yellow; cavity regular, acute, with a 

 little stellate russet; stem medium; basin smooth, sometimes ob- 

 scurely ribbed, very shallow, wide; calyx open; segments divergent. 

 Core open, barely clasping; cells ovate, slit; tube conical; stamens 

 median; seeds few, long, plump, pointed; flesh white, slightly stained 

 pink next to skin, juicy, rich, mild, saccharine, pleasant subacid, 

 very good. Winter. 



Yates. Origin, Fayette Co., Georgia; tree very upright; very 

 productive; fruit a good keeper. 



