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YACHT. 



Origin, Montgomery County, Pa. Tree of moderate growth, a regular 

 bearer. Fruit, large, roundish, striped with red, with various hues on yel- 

 lowish ground ; stalk, short, inserted in a small cavity ; calyx, open, set in 

 a large, shallow basin ; flesh, yellowish, tender, with a pleasant, sub-acid 

 flavor. November to March. 



YACHT. 



Medium, roundish, striped with red of various hues on yellowish ground ; 

 stem, half an inch long ; cavity, open, obtuse ; basin, very shallow, plaited ; 

 fleshj fine texture, tender, pleasant flavor ; " very good." (W. D. B.) 



YELLOW CRANK. 

 Medium size, flat, greenish yellow ; high flavor. January to March. 



YELLOW MEADOW. 



A Southern fruit. Fruit, large, oblate ; skin, greenish yellow ; sterr , 

 rather slender, in a deep, irregular cavity ; calyx, large and open, in a 

 shallow basin ; flesh, yellow, compact ; flavor, vinous, rich and excellent. 

 November. 



YELLOW PEARMAIN. 



Golden Pearmain. 



Origin uncertain ; probably a Southern fruit, moderate in growth and 

 productiveness. Fruit, medium, obliquely conic, inclining to oblong ; skin, 

 yellowish, slightly shaded with dull red ; stem, short, inserted by a lip in 

 a very narrow cavity ; calyx, small and closed ; basin, deep, round and 

 open ; flesh, yellowish, tender, with a pleasant, rich, vinous flavor, slightly 

 aromatic. January to March. 



YOPP'S FAVORITE. 



Fruit, larse, roundish, slightly conic ; skin, smooth, oily, greenish yel- 

 low, with a "blush in the sun, sprinkled sparingly with russet dots, and a 

 little russet about the stem ; calyx, open, in a deep basin ; stalk, short ; 

 cavity, deep : flesh, white, fine grained, tender, juicy, almost melting, of a 

 most grateful, sub-acid flavor. From Thomas Co., Georgia. (Robert 

 Nelson.) 



YORK IMPERIAL. 



Johnson's Fine Winter. 



From York County, Pennsylvania. Size, rather below medium ; trun- 

 cated oval, angular ; the unexposed side is mottled and striped, so as to 

 present a grayish red aspect on a greenish yellow ground, and, on the sunny 

 side, the color is a dull crimson ; stem, short and moderately stout ; cavity, 

 wide, and rather deep ; calyx, small, closed, and set in a deep, wide, plaited 

 basin ; flesh, greenish white, tender, crisp, juicy ; flavor, pleasant and 

 agreeably saccharine ; quality, at least " good " to many tastes, " very 

 good." '(W. D. B.) 



YOST. 



Rather large ; roundish oblate, beautifully striped and delicately mottled 

 with crimson on a yellow ground ; stem, short ; wide, deep, cavity ; flesh, 

 yellowish, tender, juicy, pleasant flavor j '' very good " quality. (W. D. B ) 



