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yellowish white, tender, juicy, melting, very good. An Illinois 

 variety doing well on ridge land in central Iowa. 



Early Duchess (Duchess Precoce). Large, .obovate pyriform; 

 color yellow, usually with blushed cheek, and showing numerous 

 russet dots with traces, blotches, and areas of brownish russet; stalk 

 one inch long, usually inclined, and with fleshy formation at insertion 

 in narrow shallow cavity; basin shallow, abrupt, regular, with show 

 of ribbing. Flesh whitish, juicy, tender, fine-grained, buttery, quality 

 very good. Season, October. Does well around the lakes. Europe. 



Early Harvest. Large, golden yellow, with bright red cheek; 

 quality hardly good. Yet it is grown quite extensively for market 

 on account of its size, beauty, and the hardiness and free bearing of 

 the tree. Ripens one month earlier than Bartlett. Ohio. 



Easter ' Belle. Medium, obovate pyriform, somewhat obtuse; 

 color pale yellow, usually with bright red cheek; some patches of 

 russet, and many russet dots; stalk short, stout, inclined, and usually 

 fleshy at point of insertion in slight cavity. Flesh whitish yellow, 

 somewhat coarse at core, half melting, very sweet, rich, very good. 

 Crown west and east of the lakes. Maine. 



Easter Beurre. Large, roundish obovate, obtuse; color yellowish 

 green, with many russet dots, and often with brown russety cheek; 

 stalk short, stout, inserted in quite deep obtuse cavity. Flesh 

 white, fine-grained, buttery, juicy, melting, very good. Grown 

 in the eastern States and on the Pacific coast. Europe. 



Edmonds. Medium to large, obovate, surface not regular; stem 

 long, stoxit, and fleshy at base, set in a moderate knobby cavity; basin 

 ribbed or uneven. Flesh yellowish white, fine-grained, melting, 

 sweet, very good. Season, September. New York. 



Eliot (Eliot's Early). Medium in size, pyriform; bears in clusters 

 of three to six; color yellowish green with red striping. Flesh juicy, 

 vinous, very good. Season, early. A new variety, doing well east 

 of the lakes. 



Elizabeth, Manning's. Medium, roundish obovate; color pale 

 yellow with red cheek and often flecked with russet and numerous 

 dark spots; stalk one-half to one inch long, inclined, inserted in small 

 round cavity. Flesh white, juicy, fine-grained, buttery, sweet, very 

 good. Productive and popular in the eastern and southeastern 

 States. Belgium. 



Esperen. Medium to large, roundish obtuse pyriform; color 



