SMOKE HOUSE. 



Synonyms Millcreek, Vandervere. 



j. T-J .. A i -,. f Longitudinal diameter, 2 i inches. 



of Fruit Above medium. 1 



[ Iransverse diameter, 3t inches. 

 Form Oblate. 



Skin Striped and mottled with crimson, on a greenish-yellow ground. 

 Stem J to I inches by TT, curved, inserted in a rather narrow, not very deep 



cavity. 



Calyx Closed, set in a wide shallow basin. 

 Core Medium . 



Seed Brown, long, acuminate, f inch long, i wide, T'O thick. 

 Flesh Yellowish-white, crisp, juicy. 

 Flavor Rich, sub-acid, with a peculiar delicate aroma. 

 Quality "Very good." 

 Maturity October to January. 

 LeafI^ inches wide, 3 long, including the petiole, which is f inch long, 



T 1 * thick. 



Wood Young shoots, brown. 

 Growth Moderately vigorous. 



HISTORY, ETC. 



The Smoke House is a native of Pennsylvania. It originated with William 

 Gibbons, Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, and grew near his smoke-house. 

 The variety was brought into notice, twenty or thirty years ago, by Mr. Ash- 

 bridge, though it had long before been in the nursery of Mr. Connard, who 

 resided in the vicinity of its original locality. It is probably a natural Seedling 

 from the Vandiver of Delaware. 



