MOST GENERALLY ESTEEMED. 



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ish conical ; the color is rich yelIo^y, covered with stripes, splashes, and 

 dots of red : some russet specks and russet about the stem ] stem^ short ; 

 cavity^ open : calyx^ medium, nearJy closed ; basin, shallow ; jiesh^ yellow- 

 ish, crisp, juicy, sprightly, aromatic, sub-acid ; core^ small ', seeds, medium 



size, dark brown. 



January to March. 



Cooper. 



Beauty Eed, | Lady "Washington, [ Seek-no-further, of some erroneously. 



An Eastern variety, recovered at West, where it was brought in 1796; 

 its identity with any variety now known East, is not established ; hence 

 we must continue under its present name. Growth, upright, stout ; branches 

 at right angles; wood, reddish, "subject to canker;" a good bearer, 

 maturing its fruit nearly all at the same time. Succeeds best on rich 

 limestone clay. 



Fruit, large, often very large ; roundish flattened, greenish yellow, with 

 stripes and blotches of pale red ; calyx, closed ; basin, deep ; stem, slender, 

 short; cavity, deep; flesh, yellowish, not fine grained, crisp, juicy; "very 

 good." September, but often keeps to November. 



Cooper's Early White 

 Grown in Illinois and Wisconsin, where it is regarded as productive and 



profitable Fruit, medium 

 faint blush, greenish tinge 



roundish, little flattened ; pale yellow, with 



, .. a- ^t stem; stem, short; cayeVj/, narrow, deep ; 



calyx, closed ; basin, deep, abrupt, slightly furrowed ; flesh, white, crisp, 

 sprightly. September and October. Req^uires soil supplied with potash. 



Cornish Aromatic. 



Foreign : requires rich, warm, sandy soil. Size, medium ; form, round- 

 ish regular, sometimes a little conical ; color, yellow ground, mostly over- 



