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everywhere successful. Strong heavy clay loams produce the 

 largest fruit, while best quality are grown on sandy loam. Tree, 

 thrifty ; shoots rather slender, spreading ; foliage small. 



Fruit, medium to large ; form, round flattened, often quite angu- 

 lar, or largest one side ; color, light pale yellow ground, mostly over- 

 spread and striped with lively red, russet about cavity of stem ; 

 stem, short ; cavity, acuminate or narrow, deep ; calyx, large ; basin, 

 broad, open, slightly plaited ; flesh, yellowish, crisp, vinous, sub- 

 acid ; core, small ; seeds, large. Season, November to February. 



Probably originated in New-Jersey. First described by Coxe. 

 The tree is hardy, an early and very productive bearer, irregular in 

 its growth, not forming a handsome head, but producing fair fine 

 fruit in all soils, from poor sand to limestone clay largest in the 

 latter, and finest texture in the former fine on dry prairies. 



Fruit, medium ; form, ovate conical, flattened at base, some- 

 times roundish conical, occasionally angular and slightly ribbed ; 

 color, grown North, a bright clear red stained and striped with 

 darker shades, and with spots of light yellow ; grown South, the 

 dark red becomes most prominent, while the patches of light yel- 

 low at base are more often seen ; it is also more irregular or an- 

 gular in form, and oft with russet about the stem ; stem, varying in 

 length, slender ; cavity, narrow, deep ; calyx, small, nearly closed ; 



