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14. Covert. Habit mostly spreading, medium to tall; shoots moderately stout, slightly zigzag, 

 slightly crooked; internodes medium. Two-year bark grayish green; one-year bark rather dark, 

 very greenish brown; young shoots pinkish tinged; pubescence light; lenticels medium in number, 

 moderately large, mostly flush, mostly russet, rather prominent. Growing tips slightly to moder- 

 ately reddish tinged. Petiole moderately wide-angled, medium in length, moderately thick, 

 reddish tinged. Rather "leafy"; leaf blade moderately large, oval, medium to narrow U-folded, 

 much reflexed. drooping; base full; apex moderately full; tip short acuminate but distinct, point 

 often upturned; surface smooth with raised lateral veins, semi-glossy, very dark green; margin 

 even; serrations medium in size, very shallow, dull serrate, irregular, often lacking (a majority of 

 the leaves have entire or practically entire margins). 



15. Dana Hovey. Habit upright, moderately tall; shoots stout, slightly zigzag; internodes 

 medium. Two-year bark greenish to somewhat grayish brown; one-year bark green to brownish 

 green; young shoots green; pubescence light; lenticels rather few, moderately large, flush, russet, 

 often not distinct in outline. Growing tips green. Petiole slightly narrow to medium-angled, 

 medium in length, rather thick, green. Leaf blade rather large, broad elliptic, often medium to 

 narrow V-folded with a suggestion of reverse saucer folding, reflexed; midrib inclined to be crooked; 

 base and apex moderately narrow; tip acute to acuminate; surface smooth to slightly rugose, 

 very glossy, dark clear green; margin coarsely waved; serrations medium in size, moderately 

 shallow, serrate, often irregular. 



16. Douglas. Habit spreading to drooping, medium to tall; shoots medium stout, moderately 

 zigzag, often crooked; internodes rather long. Two-year bark moderately light to medium brown; 

 one-year bark brown; young shoots reddish; pubescence medium, orange colored near terminal 

 buds; lenticels medium in number, moderately small, round, slightly raised, russet. Growing 

 tips red. Petiole rather wide-angled, medium in length and thickness, reddish. Foliage rather 

 sparse. Leaf blade rather large (even to shoot tips, especially after terminal bud is formed), long 

 oval, medium to narrow U-folded, reflexed uniformly through petiole and midrib; base and apex 

 moderately full; tip acute; surface smooth, semi-glossy, rather dark yellowish green, often rather 

 red in late summer; margin even to slightly coarsely waved; serrations very coarse, very shallow, 

 dull serrate, irregular. 



17. Duchess (Duchesse d'Angoulemei. Habit rather upright, medium to tall; shoots medium 

 stout, zigzag; internodes medium. Two-year bark golden brown; one-year bark reddish brown: 

 young shoots pink to reddish; pubescence rather light; lenticels medium in number and size, 

 slightly raised, somewhat whitish. Growing tips reddish. Petiole medium to wide angled, medium 

 in length and thickness, reddish tinged. Leaf blade moderately large (even to shoot tips, especially 

 after terminal bud is formed), long oval to slightly long obovate, medium U-folded, moderately 

 reflexed, mostly at base of blade, twisted; base moderately narrow; apex moderately full; surface 

 smooth, semi-glossy, medium green; margin even to slightly coarsely waved; serrations moderately 

 coarse, moderately shallow, dull serrate, irregular. 



18. Dumont (Buerre Dumont). Habit upright, medium to moderately tall; shoots medium 

 stout, moderately zigzag; internodes moderately short. Two-year bark greenish brown to mod- 

 erately light brown; one- year bark yellowish brown; young shoots slightly reddish tinged; pu- 

 bescence light to medium; lenticels few, small, flush, russet, not sharply defined. Growing tips 

 reddish tinged. Petiole medium to moderately wide-angled, medium in length, moderately slender, 

 reddish tinged. Leaf blade medium in size, roundish oval, very broad V-folded to slightly reverse 

 saucer-folded, much reflexed; midrib distinctly raised; base rather full; apex moderately full; 

 surface slightly rugose, glossy, medium to moderately dark yellowish green; margin even; serra- 

 tions moderately coarse, very shallow to almost absent, serrate, moderately regular, often some- 

 what prominent on the older leaves. 



19. Early Seckel. Habit rather upright, somewhat branchy, very short; shoots rather stout, 

 typically fasciated and sometimes crooked; internodes mostly short but variable. Two-year bark 

 dark reddish brown; one-year bark reddish brown to reddish; young shoots reddish tinged; pubes- 

 cence medium; lenticels rather numerous, small, flush, somewhat whitish. Growing tips green. 

 Petiole medium-angled, medium in length and thickness, green. Leaf blade moderately small, 

 oval, flat to reverse saucer-folded, often reflexed; base moderately full; apex moderately full, 

 reflexed; tip acute; surface smooth to slightly rugose or slightly bullate. with somewhat raised 

 veins, semi-glossy, rather dark yellowish green; margin slightly coarsely waved; serrations coarse, 

 moderately shallow, dull serrate, irregular. 



20. Elizabeth. Habit upright-spreading, medium in' height; shoots moderately slender, zig- 

 zag; internodes short. Two-year bark medium brown; one-year bark reddish brown; young shoots 

 reddish tinged: pubescence medium (tendency to turn brown as tip matures"'; lenticels rather few. 



