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Fruit medium to large, roundish to roundish oblate, truncated, 

 somewhat obliquely cylindrical; surface light yellow, almost wholly 

 covered with washed, marbled, and mixed bright red, indistinctly 

 striped, overlaid with grayish; dots few, yellow and gray, distinct; 

 cavity regular, narrow, acute, with some stellate russet; stem short, 

 moderately stout; basin smooth, deep, abrupt, slightly leather- 

 cracked; calyx closed or open; segments small, flat convergent. 

 Core small, mostly open, barely clasping, cells ovate, widely slit; 



York Imperial. 



tube funnel-shaped ; stamens median; seeds many, plump, often cov- 

 ered with much cellular exudate; flesh yellow, with yellow veinings, 

 firm, crisp, juicy, pleasant, sprightly subacid, good to very good. 

 November to February. 



A distinct strain or sub-variety of York Imperial is locally propa- 

 gated in York Co., Penn. It is of smaller size, less oblique form, 

 brighter color, finer texture of flesh, and longer-keeping quality than 

 the common type. Origin as yet undertermined. 



