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Fruit as large as Transcendent, roundish, regular, flattened at ends, 

 yellow, mostly covered thinly with dotted and mixed red, obscurely 

 splashed and striped and overlaid with whitish; dots, obscure, few, 

 minute, whitish; cavity wide, regular, obtuse, with some stellate 

 russet; stem medium to long; basin flat, corrugated; calyx open; 

 segments long, divergent. Core closed; tube wide, long, funnel- 



Brier Crab. 



shaped; stamens marginal; flesh whitish, crisp, juicy, very sweet, 

 very good to best for dessert or preserves. September, October. 



Cherry. Of the pure Pyrus baccata type, having deciduous calyx 

 segments. One of the oldest varieties. 



Fruit small, oblate, nearly regular or slightly angular; surface 

 smooth, yellow, nearly covered with bright red, with blue bloom; 

 dots distinct, many, large, whitish; cavity regular, obtuse, wide, with 

 a little broken russet; stem very long, slender; basin wide, shallow; 

 calyx closed; segments as they fall off leave a round russet scar; 

 flesh crisp, juicy, pleasant acid; the fruit hangs long, almost even 

 to drying, on the tree. September, October. 



Dartt (Dartt' s Hybrid). Originated from seed of Tetofsky by 

 E. H. S. Dartt, Owatonna, Minnesota. One of the best of the hybrids. 



Fruit large, conical, very regular; surface yellow, mostly covered 

 with bright red stripes and splashes, mixed on sunny side, a handsome 

 fruit; dots white, obscure; cavity regular, deep, acute, with trace of 

 russet; stem long; basin flat, corrugated; calyx closed; segments 

 large, long. Core closed or half open, clasping; tube funnel-shaped; 

 stamens median; flesh white, juicy, subacid, good. September. 



