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This variety has been condemned in many sections because of not 

 producing as fine fruit on the same trees without care, as when the 

 trees were youug. Testimony has shown that it is a gross feeder, 

 and needs soil well drained, rich in lime and phosphates ; on usual 

 soils, where the variety is defective, liberal dressing with wood ashes, 

 will answer. On sandy soils well manured, the texture is closer 

 than on clay. 



Fruit, large -,form, roundish, flattened, sometimes a little angular 

 at the base end ; color, green, yellowish green when ripe, with a dull 

 blush, on sun-grown specimens, near the stem; stem, medium; 

 cavity, open ; calyx, rather small, woolly ; basin, medium depth, slight* 

 ly furrowed ; flesh, yellowish, fine-grained, tender, slightly aromatic, 

 lively acid juice ; core small; seeds ovate, pointed. Season, Decem- 

 ber to February. 



RICHMOND. 



"We received this fine variety from D. C. Richmond, Esq., near 

 Ssmdusky, as a native seedling, and are unable to identify it with 

 any known sort. 



Fruit, large ; form, roundish, occasional specimens have one side 

 a little enlarged ; color, light yellow ground, mostly or quite over- 

 spread with light and dark red stripes, many dots or specks of light 

 russet ; stem, varying, mostly short, slender ; cavity, deep, open, 

 regular, a little brownish at bottom ; calyx, large, segments, 

 5* 



