Winter Obovate, etc. 



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ing, of fine flavor. Ripens late autumn and early winter. Shoots 

 diverging and ascending. Origin, Kingsessing, near Philadelphia. 

 Productive and valuable. 



Fig. 332. Jones' Seedling. 



Lewis. Size below medium ; regular obovate, rarely obscure-pyri- 

 form ; surface yellowish green, thickly dotted with dull russet ; 

 stalk an inch and a half long, slender, scarcely sunk ; calyx widely 

 reflexed, basin little or none ; flesh greenish white, melting, juicy, 

 of fine, rich flavor. Core large. Early winter. Growth vigor- 

 ous, branches becoming drooping. Profusely productive. Origin, 

 Roxbury, Mass. 



PRINCE'S ST. GERMAIN. Size medium, obovate, obtuse, surface 

 much russeted on green, dull red to the sun ; stalk an inch and a 

 fourth long, cavity small ; calyx large, stiff, slightly cut, basin 

 smooth, shallow ; flesh yellowish wlr te, juicy, melting, slightly 

 vinous, with an agreeable and fine flavor. Keeps well, ripening 

 through winter. Origin, Flushing, Long Island. 

 Vicompte de Spoelberch. (De Spoelberg, Delices Van Mons.) Me- 

 dium or rather large, obovate, somewhat conic ; skin slightly 

 rough, yellow, with a purplish blotched cheek to the sun, 



