MOST GENEEALLT ESTEEMED. 



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calyx, half closed ; basin, slightly ribbed, deep ; flesh, tender, yellowish, 

 spicy, sweet, not juicy : " very good." October. 



AUTUMN PEARMAIN. 



English Summer Peannain, 

 Summer Pearmain, 



Eoyal Pearmain, 

 Parmain d'Ete, 



Sigler'a Bed. 



Foreign. Tree, slender, slow growth, irregular, popular in Kentucky and 

 South ; fruit, medium, oblong conical, brownish yellow and green, red, 

 blended with yellow, in sun, small brown specks ', stalk, short ; calyx, in a 

 broad, shallow basin, slightly plaited ; flesh, pale yellow, crisp ; nearly 

 " best." September. 



BALDWIN. 



Late Baldwin, 

 Pecker, 



"Woodpecker, 

 Steeled Red Winter. 



American : originated in Massachusetts. This variety inclines to bitter 

 or dry rot on soils deficient in lime and potash, and. for the Western soils, 

 should be worked where intended to have the head commence. It haa 

 proved tender on Western prairie soils, and, in Southern sections, is liable 

 to drop prematurely. Trees fifteen years old do better than while young. 

 Tree, vigorous, upright, dark brown shoots, very productive. Our drawing 

 was taken from an Eastern-grown specimen, and is not more than one-half 

 the size of this variety when grown in Illinois. 



Size, large ; form, roundish, narrowing a little to the calyx ; color, yel- 

 lowish, nearly covered and striped with red, dotted with a few russet spots, 

 and with radiating streaks of russet about the stem ; stem, three-fourths 

 inch long, slender ; cavity, deep ; calyx, closed ; basin, rather narrow, 

 plaited ; flesh, yellowish white, crisp, tender, sub-acid ; core, small, com- 

 pact ; capsules, ovate hollow 5 seeds, long ovate, pyriform. December to 

 March. 



