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plump, short, few; flesh very white, slightly stained with pink, fine- 

 grained, crisp, melting, tender, juicy, subacid, very good. Early 

 winter. 



Scott Winter. Origin, Vermont; introduced by Dr. T. II. Hos- 

 kins. Tree a strong, upright grower; an annual and good bearer. 

 Promising at the North. 



Scott Winter. 



Fruit medium or below, roundish oblate, conical, somewhat 

 angular; surface a rich yellow, heavily washed with red, with indis- 

 tinct dark stripes and splashes and some open russet net-veining, 

 giving the fruit a peculiar marbled, dark orange-red color; cavity 

 regular, deep, obtuse with stellate russet; stem short; basin narrow 

 very abrupt, slightly wrinkled or wavy; calyx closed; segments erect 

 convergent. Core closed, clasping; cells round; tube conical; sta- 

 mens median; seeds eight to ten, short, plump; flesh yellow, fine- 

 grained, juicy, crisp, pleasant, sprightly acid, good; use chiefly culi- 

 nary. Late winter. 



Schroeder (Tattle's Charlamoff; the upright Charlamoff). Received 

 from Russia under the name of Charlamoff, but the tree is of 

 upright habit and fruit very distinct from that variety. The above 

 name was given by the Russian Nomenclature Commission in 1808. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, flattened at ends, regular; surface 

 handsomely colored much like Oldenburg, splashes broad, bright, 

 distinctly defined; dots obscure, gray, few, very minute; .cavity deep, 



