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Fruit large, round, very regular; surface very smooth, becoming 

 unctuous, clear, rich, golden yellow; dots green, minute, few, distinct, 

 a few minute russet dots; cavity rather deep, wide, regular, acuminate, 

 with faint trace of russet; stem long, slender at insertion, yellow; 

 basin smooth, shallow, regular; calyx closed; segments divergent. 

 Core open, regular, meeting; cells obovate, entire, abaxile; tube con- 

 ical; stamens median; seeds numerous, small, pointed, plump, light 



Golden Sweet. 



brown; flesh yellow, fine-grained, juicy, rich, aromatic, very good 

 August and September. 



Golden White (Nos. 978, 979, 981). Origin, Russia. This name is 

 not descriptive but was retained for the present by the Russian No- 

 menclature Commission. 



Fruit large, roundish, somewhat tapering, sometimes angular; 

 surface yellow, with dark crimson splashes, mixed and marbled ; dots 

 large, grayish white, distinct; cavity shallow, wide, with radiating 

 patch of russet; stem medium; basin shallow, narrow, corrugated; 

 calyx half open. Calyx tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; flesh 

 yellowish white, pleasant subacid, good. Late fall, between Olden- 

 burg and Longfield. 



