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Skinless. See Sans Peau. 



Eemarks. — A fruit of the size of the Early Catherine ; 

 skin smooth and very thin. Color, greenish yellow, with a 

 little blush. The stem is long and small; the flesh juicy 

 and breaking, rather than melting ; of a pleasant, swee 

 taste ; very attractive to wasps and bees, the thin ski 

 much favoring their operations. The tree and foliage are 

 of delicate growth. Season, about the end of July, or a 

 little sooner sometimes, varying, of course, like other 

 fruits, according to the seasons in our latitude, being 

 sometimes a month or even six wrecks, earlier or later. 

 This has been borne in mind by the author in the state- 

 ments of the seasons of all our fruits. We are also about 

 a month earlier here than in the North or East ; and still 

 earlier than in the North of Europe. This changes their 

 Winter fruits sometimes into Autumn with us, and their 

 Fall fruits into nearly Summer, in the West ; thus, often 

 materially affecting their character and quality. The dif- 

 ference of our soil, too, having no slight influence on 

 them. 



Schenck's, or Hosenschenck (Stocking Leg). Color, light 

 yellowish green; form, obovate ; size, 1; use, table ; tex- 

 ture, tender and melting, with a juicy and very sprightly 

 flavor ; quality, 2 to 1 ; season, September. 



Bemarks. — From Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Ijarge. 

 Yellow. Eesembles Bartlett, and perhaps as good. Though 

 this would be very doubtful, in the estimation of most. 



SiEULLE. Color, pale yellow, with a little red on the 

 sunny side; form, roundish flattened; size, 2; use, table; 

 texture, buttery, melting, rich, and very good ; quality, 2 

 to 1 ; season, September. 



Eemarks. — A new fruit. From the London Horticul- 

 tural Society's garden, which has performed immense 



