WHITE DOYENNE' TEAK. 



Tree. — Vigorous, with an upright regular habit, and erect branches, 

 forming a fine pyramidal head ; annual shoots long, straight, erect. 



Wood. — Yellowish brown, dotted with roundish gray specks, moder- 

 ately stout, and short-jointed ; old wood, yellowish ohve ; buds, small, 

 short, ovate, diverging, with small shoulders : Flower-buds, medium 

 size, dark brown, with grayish scales. 



Leaves. — Medium size, rather narrow, tapering to each end, Hght 

 green, folded inwards, recurved on the midrib, with fine, regular serra- 

 tures ; petioles, medium length, about an inch long, rather slender. 



Flowers. — Small ; petals ovate, neatly cupped ; clusters compact. 



Fruit. — Medium size, about three inches long, and two and three 

 quarters in diameter : Form, obovate, regular, full at the crown, taper- 

 ing to the stem, where it ends obtusely : Skin, fair, smooth, clear pale 

 yellow when mature, tinged with a beautiful red on the sunny side, and 

 regularly sprinkled with small russet specks : Stem, medium length, 

 about three quarters of an inch long, moderately stout, curved, and in- 

 serted in a very small rounded cavity : Eye, small, closed, and sunk in 

 a very shallow, open basin ; segments of the calyx, small and short : 

 Flesh, white, fine, melting, very buttery, and juicy : Flavor, rich, sug- 

 ary, sprightly, delicately perfumed, and delicious : Core, medium size : 

 Seeds, medium size. 



Ripe in October, and keeps three or four weeks. 



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