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Amarelle Hative. Fruit large, obtusely heart - shaped, with 

 slight trace of suture; color nearly black; stalk one and one-half to 

 two inches long in deep cavity. Flesh colored, mildly acid; quality 

 very good. Season, ten days later than Early Richmond. Of 

 Vladimir type of tree and fruit. Russia. 



Baldwin. Large to very large, round; color dark, yet almost 

 transparent; stem quite large, medium in length; fruits usually in 

 pairs. Flesh subacid; quality very good for a Morello variety. 

 Grown in Maryland. Commercial. 



Belle Magnifique. Fruit medium to large, heart-shaped; color 

 pinkish red and yellow; stem one and one-half to two inches long, in 

 rather deep cavity. Flesh firm, white; uncolored juice; quality only 

 fair. Season, last of July. Tree about as 

 hardy as Dyehouse. This appears to be a 

 cross between the Morello and Mazzard 

 classes. 



Bessarabian (No. 62). Medium to large; 

 oblate heart-shaped; color clear red; stem 

 one to one and one-half inches long, slender 

 at upper end, inserted in broad and quite 

 deep cavity. Flesh meaty, slightly colored, 

 mildy acid; quality very good. Tree very 

 hardy far North when on its own or other 

 hardy roots. Bears most regularly on thin 

 rather poor soils, where it makes less growth 

 of tree. Russia. 



Brusseler Braune. Fruit large, nearly 

 round, heart-shaped, conical; color dark 

 red, and nearly black when fully ripe; stem 

 one and one-half to two inches long, in rather Belle Magnifique. 



broad deep cavity; suture slightly depressed, with slight line in centre. 

 Flesh firm, meaty, colored, subacid, and best in quality of the Morello 

 class. A round-topped tree, bearing regular and full crops. Russia. 



Bunte Morello. Fruit of largest size, somewhat pear-shaped; 

 color bright red; stalk one and one-half inches long, slender, inserted 

 in deep abrupt cavity; suture well defined. Flesh light-colored, 

 meaty, juicy, subacid, and best in quality. From North Silesia, 

 Germany. It seems to be a cross between the Dukes and Morellos, 

 About as hardy as the Dyehouse, 



