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cavity. Flesh whitish yellow, juicy, fine-grained, buttery, melting, 

 rich, good to very good. Massachusetts. 



Gakovsky. Medium in size, pyriform; color greenish yellow, with 

 indistinct dots; stalk one and one quarter inches long, with fleshy 



Flemish Beauty. 



ring where inserted in slight cavity. Flesh dingy white, fine-grained, 

 buttery, juicy, mild, vinous, but not very rich. Quality only good. 

 The principal merit of this variety is its extreme hardiness. It can 

 be grown on ridge land far north. Russia. 



Gansels Seckel. Small to medium, oblate, and considerably de- 

 pressed; color yellow, with rough and uneven skin, mostly covered 

 with thin russet; stalk short, stout, inserted in broad shallow cavity; 

 basin broad and shallow. Flesh coarse, buttery, juicy, melting, 



