UNTESTED VARIETIES. ETC. 



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LIMBER TWIG. 

 James Eiver. 



A valuable fruit in Southern Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. Tree, hardy, 

 productive. Fruit, large, roundish, tapering a little to the eye ; light yel- 

 low, striped and splashed with red in sun, rough russet specks, and occa- 

 sional patch of russet; stem, long, slender; cavity, open, funnel shape, 

 russeted ; calyx, rather small ; basin, irregular, round ; core, large, hollow ; 

 seeds, plump, pyriform ; flesh, whitish, tender, sub-acid ; " very good." 

 Keeps to May. For varieties of this, see Willow Twig, &c. 



LONG STEM. 



From Berks Co., Pa, Below medium, roundish oblong, sometimes angu- 

 lar ; skin, red, in faint stripes, with a number of gray russet dots ; stem, 

 long; cavity, medium, acuminate; basin, small, shallow, plaited; flesh, 

 greenish white, tender, agreeably sub-acid flavor, with Spitzenberg aroma ; 

 quality, "very good." This is distinct from the "Long Stem" of Cole, 

 which is large, roundish, pale yellow, brown in sun ; calyx, large ; basin, 

 broad, shallow ; flesh, white, juicy, aromatic. September and October. A 

 native of Mass. And also distinct from the " Long Stem 7; of Count. 



LORING SWEET. 



Native of Mass. Fruit, medium, oblate ; greenish yellow, tinged with 

 pale red in sun, brownish specks ; stem, short ; cavity, deep, open ; calyx, 

 medium, closed; basin, shallow; core, small; seeds, plump; flesh, yel- 

 lowish white, crisp, juicy, tender, sweet " very good." Nov. to Jan. 



