MOST GENERALLY ESTEEMED. 



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lib conical ; the color is rich yellow, covered with stripes, splashes, and 

 dots of red ; some russet specks and russet about the stem ; stem, short ; 

 cavity, open ; calyx, medium, nearly closed ; basin, shallow j flesh, yellow- 

 ish, crisp, juicy, sprightly, aromatic, sub-acid ; core, small ] seeds, medium 



size, dark brown. 



January to March. 



COOPER. 



Beauty Ked, j Lady Washington, | Seck-no-farther, of some erroneously. 



An Eastern variety, recovered at West, where it was brought in 1796; 

 its identity with any variety now known East, is not established ; henca 

 we must continue under its present name. Growth, upright, stout branches 

 at right angles ; wood, reddish, " subject to canker ; JJ a good bearer, 

 maturing its fruit nearly all at the same time. Succeeds best on rich 

 limestone clay. 



Fruit, large, often very large ; roundish flattened, greenish yellow, with 

 stripes and blotches of pale red ; calyx, closed ; basin, deep ; stem, slender, 

 short ; cavity, deep; flesh, yellowish, not fine grained, crisp, juicy; "very 

 good.' 7 September, but often keeps to November. 



COOPER'S EARLY WHITE 



Grown in Illinois and Wisconsin, where it is regarded as productive and 

 profitable. Fruit, medium ; roundish, little flattened ; pale yellow, with 

 faint blush, greenish tinge at stem ; stem, short ; cavity, narrow, deep ; 

 calyx, closed ; basin, deep, abrupt, slightly furrowed ; flesh, white, crisp, 

 sprightly. September and October. Requires soil supplied with potash. 



CORNISH AROMATIC. 



Foreign : requires rich, warm, sandy soil. Size, medium ; form, round- 

 ish regular, sometimes a little conical ; color, yellow ground, mostly over- 



