UNTESTED VARIETIES, ETC. 



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Eecl Spitzenberg, 

 Eed Pearmain, 

 Eed Winter Pearmain, 

 Long Pearmain, 



Kaighn's Spitzenberg. 



Lady Finger, lerroncoudy, 



bcarlet Peai-mam, j •"' 



Long John, 

 Ked Pippin, 



Eed Phoenix, 

 Sheepnose, of &om€y 

 Eussam. 



This variety is showy, annually productive, and that is all of its good 

 qualities. We present the drawing to aid the unacquainted to detect it, as 

 the name often aids in its sale. Dr. Warder, at the late Ohio Pom. Meet- 

 ing, stated that it came originally from Kaighn's Point, and the name, Spit- 

 zenberg, was derived from a mountain '"berg." Fruit, large, oblong rounded ; 

 yellow, mostly overspread with bright clear red ; stem, about even with 

 surrounding surface; cavity, deep, regular ; calyx, small ; basin, slightly 

 furrowed ; core, small ; seeds, irregular in form ; flesh, yellowish, coarse, 

 dry; "good." November and December. , Often grown in Michigan as 

 Red Belleflower, 



Ketchum's Favorite. 



Origin, farm of Mr. Ketchum, Sudbury, Vt. Tree, vigorous and product- 

 ive. Fruit, medium, irregularly oval, inclining to conic; skin, light waxen 

 yellow, slightly shaded with rosy blush, irregularly sprinkled with carmine 

 dots ; stalk of medium length, inserted in a narrow cavity, surrounded by 

 russet; calyx, closed ; basin, deep and narrow; flesh, white, with a very mild, 

 rich, and excellent flavor. September to January. (Downing.) 



