Winter Acid Striped. 



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Fig. 254. Baldwin. 



Bethlehemite. Medium, roundish-oblate, remotely conical, striped 

 red on yellow ; stalk short, deeply set ; basin deep ; furrowed ; 

 flesh yellowish white, tender, with a mild, sub-acid, very agreeable 

 flavor. Ripens through winter. Growth strong, upright. Ohio. 



Black Gillifloiver. Rather large, oblong-ovate, long conical, regu- 

 lar, obscurely ribbed ; surface dark, dull, reddish purple, inclining 

 to greenish yellow where densely shaded ; cavity very narrow, 

 acuminate ; basin very small, ribbed ; flesh greenish white, with a 

 rich, good, slightly sub-acid flavor, becoming dry when ripe. 

 Keeps through winter and late into spring. Shoots dark, rather 

 crooked, fruit always fair ; very productive. Rejected by most 

 cultivators on account of its very dry flesh, but a good baking 

 variety. Totally distinct from the Red or Cornish Gilliflower. 



BLUE PEARMAIN. Very large, roundish, inclining to oblong, 

 slightly and obtusely conical ; dark purplish red in large broken 

 stripes on lighter ground ; bloom conspicuous ; dots large, indis- 

 tinct ; stalk three-fourths of an inch long ; calyx deep set ; flesh 

 yellowish, mild sub-acid, good. Early winter. A thin bearer. 



Buff. Large, round, oblate, smooth, distinctly striped with light and 

 dark red ; cavity broad and deep ; basin round, furrowed ; flesh 

 white, tender, sub-acid, mild, agreeable, "good," or perhaps "very 

 good," sometimes poor. Much valued at the South. 



Bullet. (N. C. Greening, Green Abram.) Rather small, roundish ; 



