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late ; skin light yellow, with numerous russet and red dots, 

 with a bright red cheek ; stalk an inch long, rather stout, 

 obliquely planted in a slight depression; calyx partly 

 closed, in a broad, deep, and wrinkled basin ; flesh white, 



Fig. 107. VAN ASSCHE. 



fine-grained, juicy, with a delicate blending of sweet and 

 acid, and a rich, excellent flavor. Ripens, August in 

 Georgia ; October, in New York ; generally larger than 

 the engraving. 



Nabours, Fruit medium to large, varying from oblate 

 to obovatc and obscure pyriform ; skin greenish, rough, 

 often with dull russet, and sprinkled with white dots; 

 stalk slender, long, curved a little, fleshy at the base, and 

 set in a slight depression ; calyx small, partly closed, set 

 in a deep, narrow basin : flesh whitish, melting, fine-grain- 

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