CLYDE BEAUTY. 



Synonyms Mackie's Clyde Beauty. 



C Longitudinal diameter, 2i to 31 inches. 

 Size of Fruit < 



(Transverse diameter, 24 to 3i inches. 



Form Conical, sometimes ribbed. 



Skin Striped and mottled with red on a yellow ground. 



Stalk Very short, \ inch long, 1-7 thick, occasionally a fleshy excrescence on one 



side, inserted into a deep, rather wide furrowed cavity. 

 Calyx Small, closed, set in a moderately deep angular basin. 

 Cone Large, hollow. 



Seed Small, brown, 3 inch long, i 3 g wide, J thick. 

 Flesh Fine texture, tender, juicy. 

 Flavor Pleasant, sprightly, sub-acid. 

 Quality " Very good." * 

 Maturity October to December. 



Leaf 2 inches wide, 6 long, including petiole, which is li inches long, ~h thick. 

 Wood Young shoots, reddish brown, old, grey. 

 Growth Vigorous, forming a fine spreading head. 



HISTORY, ETC. 



The Clyde Beauty is a native of New York. It was brought into notice by 

 Mr. Matthieu Mackie, of Clyde, Mayne County, where it originated on the 

 premises of his father. 



* In compliance with the suggestion of Mr. A. J. Downing and others, the quality of the fruits 

 described in this work will hereafter be more definitely expressed, by adopting the grades of merit 

 recommended by the National Congress of Fruit Growers. These grades are "good," "very good," 

 "best." 



