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Fruit the size of Burbank, somewhat similar in shape but less pointed, greenish- 

 yellow thinly covered with dark red, spattered with dots and broken lines of paler color; 

 flesh greenish, tinged with yellow, very juicy, somewhat acid; poor; clingstone; drops 

 before ripe. 

 Normand No. 18. Triflora X ? 



Equal to No. n in size but inferior in quality; keeps and ships well. 

 Normand No. 19. Triflora X ? 



Fruit about the size of Wild Goose, but not as regular in form; color and bloom 

 much the same as that variety ; flesh of the same color but firmer and of better quality 

 than Wild Goose; stone medium, clinging; late. 

 Normand No. 20. See Georgia. 



Worth. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 934. 1869. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:143. 

 1873. North's Seedling i. 



Raised by Professor North, Clinton, New York. Tree vigorous, bears early, pro- 

 ductive; fruit large, roundish-oval; suture broad and shallow; reddish-purple; bloom 

 thin; flesh yellow, melting, juicy, sweet; good; clingstone; early. 

 North Carolina. Hortulana mineri. i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 2. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:50. 1897. 

 3. Kerr Cat. 1897. 



N. C. Seedling i. North Carolina Seedling 2, 3. 



J. W. Kerr says this variety is subject to twig-blight; reported of value in Iowa; 

 fruit large, deep red. 

 North Star. Americana, i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:50. 1897. 2. Ibid. 87:14. 1901. 



Originated with Martin Penning, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, from seed of Surprise; 

 resembles its parent very closely. Tree hardy, dwarfish; fruit large, juicy, sweet; 

 clinging; mid-season. 



Nota Bene. Domestica. i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 257. 1832. 2. Downing Fr. Trees 

 Am. 293. 1845. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 425. 1889. 



Corse's Nota Bena i. Corse's Nota Bene 2, 3. Nota Bene de Corse 3. 



One of the best of the seedlings raised by Henry Corse, Esq., Montreal, Canada. 

 Tree very vigorous, productive and hardy, short-lived; fruit large, round, pale brown 

 sometimes shading to green ; flesh greenish, firm, juicy, sweet and rich; good; freestone. 

 November Gage. Domestica. i. Mag. Hort. 6:92. 1840. 



Raised by Henry Corse of Montreal and distributed at the same time as his Nota 

 Bene. 



Noyes. Americana? i. Kerr Cat. 1897. 2. la. Sta. Bui. 46:283. 1900. 3. Wis. Sta. 

 Bui. 87:14. 1901. Noyes' Seedling i. Noyes Seedling 2. 



Originated with a Mrs. Noyes, Springville, Iowa, about 1881, from pits purchased 

 for California plums; introduced by a Mr. Osborn about 1888. Craig places Noyes in 

 Prunus hortulana and Waugh, while classifying it with the Americanas, suggests that it 

 is Hortulana mineri. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, roundish to oblong; apex 

 sometimes flattened or depressed; cavity shallow; suture distinct; skin thick, tough, 

 rather acid; yellow nearly overspread with red; dots numerous, yellow; flesh tinged 

 with red, melting, rich and sweet; good; stone large, clinging; early to mid-season. 



