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Easter Beurrtf, Fruit large, obovatc or obtuse-pyri- 

 form; skin yellowish-green, sprinkled with large russet 

 dots, and marbled somewhat with greenish-russet ; stalk 

 rather stout, in abrupt cavity ; calyx usually small, closed, 

 in a plaited basin ; flesh white, fine-grained, buttery, juicy, 



Fig. 115. EASTER BETJRBE. 



and sweet. Georgia, November to March ; New York, 

 January to May. Succeeds best on quince. 



Jamincttc* Fruit large, varying in form from obovate, 

 narrowing to the stalk, to oblate ; skin green, turning to 

 pale yellowish-green when ripe, dotted with brown, and 

 marked with russet ; stalk rather short, obliquely planted 

 in a slight depression, (in obovate specimens without de- 



