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dium depth, furrowed ; flesh, yellowish white, crisp, breaking, exceed- 

 ingly high-spicy, sub-acid flavor. Season, February to May. 



GARDEN ROYAL. 



American. Originated in Mass. Tree, slender, slow grower 

 while young, hardy, and makes a tree of medium size, annually 

 productive ; suited to small orchards or gardens where a delicious 

 fruit is desired for table use. 



Fruit, rather below medium ; form, roundish, inclining to flat, 

 very regular ; color, a yellowish ground, with dull red stripes, be- 

 coming brighter in sun ; stem, short, slender ; cavity, narrow ; calyx, 

 large, open ; basin, shallow ; flesh, yellowish white, fine-grained, 

 tender, mild, sub-acid. Season, last of August and September. 



GOLDEN SWEET. 



Orange Sweet, | Trenton Early. 



American. Originated in Connecticut. Tree, free grower while 

 young, making, however, an orchard tree of only medium size, 

 spreading irregular branches ; succeeds well in all soils ; productive 

 annually of large crops of fair fruit. This variety was shown two 

 years, late in season, and in bad state, at the Ohio Pom. Convention, 

 as " Trenton Early." We this year received specimens of it through 

 the kindness of Dr. Warder, when in season. 

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