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Best of All. Medium to large, round; color rich red. Flesh firm, 

 meaty, and best in quality. Said by F. V. Munson, the originator, to be 

 a seedling of Miner crossed with pollen of Abundance. Texas. 



Black Hawk. Very large for the class, oval; color deep red in 

 the sun, and paler on shaded side; suture distinct, and on the suture 

 side the surface is slightly more convex, giving an irregular appearance 

 in form. Flesh yellow, tender, excellent in quality; freestone. 

 Americana. Iowa. 



Brittlewood. Large, roundish oval ; color dark red, with mottling 

 of varied shades; bloom grayish and quite heavy, with numerous 

 small dots; stem short, inserted in shallow cavity. Flesh firm, meaty, 

 good; cling. One of the largest of the Americana varieties. Nebraska. 

 Brunswick. Medium, roundish oval; color dark red on yellowish 

 ground, which is exposed at pointed apex. Flesh yellow, meaty, 

 sweet. A month later than Wildgoose. Angustifolia. 



Cheney. Large, roundish oblong, often oblique and with unequal 

 sides; color dull mottled red on greenish yellow ground; bloom blue; 

 stem slender, usually curved, and inserted 

 in small shallow cavity. Flesh yellow, quite 

 firm; quality very good. Season, middle of 

 August; clingstone. Quite subject on drift 

 soil of the West to plum pocket, but valuable 

 in many sections. Americana. Wisconsin. 



Clark. Medium, roundish, irregular; color 

 bright red, with numerous dots and bluish 

 bloom; stem short, in broad medium deep 

 cavity. Flesh yellow; quality good; used as 

 a pollen-bearer for other Chicasa varieties. 

 Angustifolia. 



Clifford. Large, pyriform; color red; bloom 

 Cheney. conspicuous. Flesh yellow, quite meaty, with 



pineapple flavor. Season, a week earlier than Wildgoose. A Texas 

 variety not much tested as yet farther north. Hortulana. 



Comfort. Very large, roundish, truncated, enlarged somewhat 

 toward the apex; color dark red, with considerable bloom; skin thick. 

 Flesh quite acid; quality fair. Season, September. Americana. 

 Iowa. 



Compass. A hybrid, originated under cultivation by H. Knudson, 

 of Minnesota, from seed of Sand Cherry (Prunus Besseyi) pollinated 



