Winter Acid Striped. 



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unequalled in its high rich flavor. Keeps through winter. Shoots 

 ascending and erect, rather slender, leaves crenate. Usually a 

 moderate bearer. Succeeds best in New York, its native State. 



WAGENER. Medium, oblate, obscurely ribbed, shaded and indis- 

 tinctly striped with pale red, and a full, deep red in the sun, on 

 warm yellow ground ; often streaked with russet ; stalk three- 



Fig. 259. tVagener. 



fourths of an inch long, cavity wide, rather obtuse ; basin even, 

 rather large ; flesh yellowish, fine grained, tender, compact, mild, 

 sub-acid, aromatic, excellent. Ripens through winter. A native 

 of Penn Van, N. Y. Succeeds well at the West. An early 

 bearer. 



Wellford^s Yellow. Rather small, roundish-oblate ; faintly streaked 

 with red on pale yellow ; flesh yellow, fine grained, juicy, with a 

 rich, aromatic flavor. Rapid grower, great bearer, and long 

 keeper. Cultivated in Maryland and Virginia. 



WESTFIELD SEEK-NO-FURTHER. (Connecticut Seek-no-further, 

 New England Seek-no-further.) Medium or large, roundish, often 

 slightly conical, obscurely striped with light dull red, more or less 

 russeted, rarely covered wholly with russet ; stalk slender ; calyx 

 partly open ; flesh tender, rich, spicy, of fine flavor. Early and 

 mid-winter. Tree productive, fruit always fair. Leaves sharply 

 serrate. Succeeds well throughout the Northern States and 

 Ohio. 



