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YELLOW EGG 



YELLOW EGG 



Tree large, vigorous, round-topped, open, hardy, very 

 productive. Leaves flattened, oval, 2% inches wide, 4% 

 inches long, leathery ; apex abruptly pointed or acute ; 

 margin doubly serrate, with few dark glands ; petiole 

 % inch long, thick, reddish-purple, pubescent, glandless 

 or with 1 or 2 globose, yellowish-green glands. Flowers 

 1 inch across, white, with a yellowish tinge at the tip 

 of the petals. Fruit late, season short ; 2 by 1 % inches 

 in size, long-oval, compressed, halves nearly equal ; 



cavity narrow, abrupt ; suture shallow, often a line ; 

 apex roundish ; color golden-yellow, with thick bloom ; 

 dots numerous, white, inconspicuous; stem slender, l 1 ^ 

 inches long, pubescent, adhering well to the fruit, 

 surrounded at the cavity by a tleshy collar ; skin thin, 

 astringent, separating readily ; flesh golden-yellow, 

 juicy, coarse, firm, mild ; good ; stone semi-free or free, 

 oval, flat, acute at the base and apex, with roughened 

 and pitted surfaces. 



