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Wood. — Dark reddish brown, thickly dotted with large, round, grayish 

 specks, rather stout and short-jointed; old wood, grayish brown; buds, 

 medium size, broad, short, curved inwards at the point, nearly erect, 

 with prominent shoulders : Flower-buds, medium size, obtuse. 



Leaves. — Medium size, ovate, broadest about the middle, tapering 

 to each end, recurved on the midrib, folded inwards on the sides, thick, 

 dark green, deeply and sharply serrated; petioles, medium length, about 

 one and a half inches long, moderately stout. 



Flowees. — Small ; petals small, ovate ; clusters, compact. 



Feuit. — Large, about three inches long, and two and a half in diam- 

 eter : Form, pyramidal, full at the crown, contracted slightly in the 

 middle, obtuse at the stem, with an uneven surface, something like the 

 Bartlett: Skin, fair, smooth, deep yellow, tinged with red on the sunny 

 side, dotted all over with russet specks, and slightly russeted at the base 

 of the stem : Stem, short, about half an inch long, stout, wrinkled, 

 fleshy at the base, and obliquely inserted without any cavity : Eye, 

 small, closed, and set even with the crown, surrounded with a few small 

 uneven ribs ; segments of the calyx, short : Flesh, white, fine, melting 

 and very juicy : Flavor, rich, brisk, vinous, perfumed and excellent : 

 Core, small : Seeds, medium size, brown. 



Bipe in September, and keeps into the middle of October. 



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