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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



nesota State Horticultural Society has recently put it on the list 

 recommended for general cultivation as of first degree of hardiness. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, irregular, obscurely angular; surface 

 yellowish green, with bronze blush; dots minute, white, mostly with 

 green bases on shaded side; cavity regular, acute, russeted; stem 

 short to very short; basin broad, slightly wavy, abrupt; calyx open. 

 Core closed, small, clasping; tube narrow, funnel-shaped; stamens 



Patten Greening. 



median; flesh white, juicy, sprightly subacid, good for table, excel- 

 lent for cooking. October to January. 



Payne Late Keeper. Originated on the J. G. Payne farm, near 

 Everton, Mo., some sixty years ago, from seeds supposed to have 

 been brought from North Carolina; tree vigorous and productive. 



Fruit large, roundish, slightly conical, very regular; surface pale 

 greenish yellow, mostly covered with solid rather light red ; dots few, 

 distinct, very large, raised, russet with light bases; cavity deep; 

 regular, obtuse, with large stellate russet patch out over base; stem 

 medium; basin flat, or nearly so, narrow, smooth; calyx half open; 

 segments flat convergent. Core wide open, irregular, meeting, long, 



