MOST GENERALLY ESTEEMED. 



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fully ripe ; but, for marketing or cooking, it has few equals, at its time. 

 Shoots stout, dark brown, broad foliage. 



Fruit, medium to large; form, roundish, tapering toward the apex; 

 color, greenish yellow, mostly overspread with rich purplish crimson, a 

 little russet near the stem and a white bloom ; stem, varying, generally 

 short ; cavity, narrow ; calyx, large ; basin, shallow,, uneven ; flesh, white, 

 crisp, juicy, acid ; core, small ; seeds, ovate, dark browish black. August. 



RED CANADA. 

 Bteele's Bed Winter of Mich., I Old Nonsuch, | Bichfleld Nonsuch. 



American : probably a native of Massachusetts. Tree, slender growth ; 

 shoots diverging ; requires rich, strong soil, when it is productive, and 

 always fair and uniform size of fruit. One of the most valuable for orchard, 

 or garden. 



Frui^ medium ; form, roundish conical, flattened at stem end ; co/or, 

 rich, clear, yellow ground; when exposed to the sun, overspread with bright, 

 handsome red, two shades, light and dark, intermingling, or striped, many 

 light gray dots, presenting at first sight an appearance of a somewhat rough 

 exterior ; skin, thin, tender ; stem, varying from short and stout to slender 

 and long, usually as seen in our figure ; cavity, deep, regular, a touch of light 

 russet ; calyx, small, closed ; basin, open, moderate depth, slightly furrowed, 

 or uneven ; flesh, yellowish white, crisp, tender, juicy, sprightly, sub-acid, 

 aromatic; core, small, compact; seeds, ovate pyriform. January to April. 



RED JUNE. 



CaroMna Bed June, | Blush June, | Carolina June. 



A vigorous grower ; early and abundant bearer ; popular West and 

 South. Fruit, medium, generally oblong conic, but occasionally flat ; skin, 

 smooth, green in the shade, changing rapidly at maturity to a fine dark 



