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skin purple with numerous light brown dots that show through the 

 blue bloom; stalk about one inch long, stout, inserted in small narrow 

 cavity. Flesh light yellow, rich, sugary, very good; stone nearly free. 

 Domestica. New York. 



Chabot. 



Communia. Large, long oval, flattened at both ends; color red- 

 dish purple; bloom blue with large gray dots; suture distinct, nearly 

 on the surface; stalk three eighths of an inch long, stout, in broad 

 deep cavity; apex slightly depressed. Flesh firm, meaty, juicy, mild 

 subacid; quality good to very good; pit free. Introduced by the 

 German colony in Clayton County, Iowa, from Denmark. Domes- 

 tica. 



Czar. Medium to large, roundish-ovate; color dark purple with 

 bluish bloom; stem short in narrow cavity; suture a mere line. Flesh 

 yellowish, firm, sweet, good. Grown in Western New York and On- 

 tario. Domestica. 



Climax (Royal). Very large, heart-shaped; color dark red with 

 varied-sized yellow dots : stem short, stout, inserted in deep and abrupt 

 cavity; suture distinct, but not deep; apex rounded. Flesh yellow, 

 firm, sweet, rich, very good; stone free. A hybrid of Botan pollinated 

 with Simoni by Burbank of California. Grown east of the lakes. 



Clyman. Medium to large, roundish; color dark purple with 

 heavy blue bloom; suture distinct; apex somewhat flattened; quality 



