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DlSHAROON. 



From Georgia. Fruit, large, regular, slightly conical ; calyx, small, in 

 a narrow basin ; skin, yellowish green, with many roundish spots made 

 darker by minute specks ; flesh, fine aromatic, sub-acid. Early Winter, or 

 late Autumn at the South. 



DOMINE. 



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Hogan, | Bed Streak, of some, \ Wefl Apple. 



Wella, English Winter, I Striped E. J. Greening, 



| Bed Streak, ofsc 



Origin, uncertain. Tree, strong, vigorous grower ; shoots, long, diverging ; 

 early, good bearer, profitable orchard sort, West ; succeeding finely in most 

 soils. Fruit, medium to large, flat, greenish yellow, with stripes and-splashes 

 of bright red and large russet specks ; stem, long, slender, inclining to one 

 side: cavity, wide; calyx, small; basin, broad; core, medium; seeds. 

 abundant, purplish brown ; flesh, white, tender, juicy ; " very good." 

 November to April. 



DUCHESS OF OLDENBURGH. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous, with dark, upright shoots, productive, valued 

 for cooking and market. Fruit, medium to large, roundish flattened, light 

 red, striped and splashed on yellow ; stem, short ; cavity, accuminate ; basin, 

 deep; flesh, yellowish white, sharp sub-acid. August and September 

 Very fine at the North in Canada. 



DUTCH MIGNONNE. 



The Dutch Mignonne Darling, or Favorite is from Holland, and a fruit 

 which has proved valuable wherever grown. Tree, with strong, upright 

 shoots, and producing abundantly ; very fine in South Ohio. Size, large ; 

 form, roundish regular ; color, dull orange, mostly covered with rich dull 

 red, dotted and mottled with large yellow russet specks, and a dash of 

 russet about the cavity of stem ; stem, long, slender, curved ; cavity, nar- 

 row, deep; calyx, open; basin, deep, round, regular ; flesh, whitish, firm at 

 first, becoming tender when well matured, sub-acid, aromatic flavor ; core, 

 small, compact ; seeds, few, defective. November to January. 



Pomme Royal, 

 Golden Spice, 

 Tompkins, 



DYER. 



Pomme Water, 

 Bullripe, 

 Mygatt's Bergamot, 



Bard Apple, 

 White Spice, 

 Bmithfleld Spice. 



Beard Burden, 



American. Tree, a fair grower, not strong, shoots spreading irregular, 

 Moderately productive. Size, medium ; form, round, or roundish flattened ; 

 color, clear yellow, with russet marbled more or less over the surface ; stem, 

 long, slender; cavity, deep, slightly furrowed ; calyx, with long, recurved 

 legments; basin, medium; flesh, yellowish white, spicy, sprightly, tender, 

 Mb -acid: core, medium ; seeds, small. October and November. 

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