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roundish oblong, whitish yello^Y, with brownish or red russet, and patches oi 

 blackish russet, unless well grown ; stem^ with a fleshy knob one side j 

 tavity^ russeted ; calyx, small, closed : hasiji, narrow ; core, open, long 

 ovate : seeds, ovate pointed; flesh, tender, juicy, sub-acid, sprightly : " very 

 £[ood." November to February, One of the best at the Southwest. 



Rome Beauty. 



Eoman Beauty, [ Gillett's Seedling. 



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American. Native of Southern Ohio. Requires, to perfect good fruit, 

 a rich, warm, loamy soil. On poor land, it is undersized, deficient in char 

 acter, and inclined to overbear. 



Fruit, large ; form, roundish ; color^ rich light yellow, mostly overspread 

 and striped M'ith shades of clear, bright red ; stem^ slender ] cavity^ open, 

 regular; calyx, nearly closed, segments distinctly separate ; Jasm, round, 

 open, moderately deep ; flesh, yellow, crisp, mild, sub- acid ; core, medium, 

 somewhat hollow ; seeds, long ovate, large and full. October to December. 



Ross Nonpareil. 



Foreign. Tree, productive. Fruit, below medium, roundish, dull red, 

 blotched and striped, over which is a marbling of thin mellow russet ; st-em^ 

 slender ; calyx, medium ; fleshy greenish white, juicy, sub-acid, aromatic ; 

 " very good," nearly " best." October to November. 



