WORTHY GENERAL CULTIVATION. 



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same branch;) color, yellowish, with brownish red in sun, minute 

 dots, and often sprinklings of russet ; calyx, generally small, erect, 



open ; basin, slight ; stem, varying ; core, medium ; seeds, broad 

 ovate; flesh, white, fine-grained, buttery, juicy, aromatic. Season, 

 October. 



TYSON. 



This fine variety was found in a hedge near Jenkintown, Pa., 

 about 1792-4. The tree is of vigorous, upright growth, with reddish 

 brown wood, a moderate, regular bearer. 



Fruit, rather below medium, roundish pyriform, irregular ; color, 

 dull yellow, shaded with red in sun, little russeted, and with nume- 

 rous black specks ; stem, rather long, moderately stout, curved, and 

 obliquely attached to the fruit by a fleshy junction, swollen on one . 

 side ; calyx, open, with short segments ; basin, round, shallow ; core 

 and seeds, small ; flesh, white, fine-grained, melting, juicy, sugary, 

 aromatic. Season, August. 



