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Quite distinct from the Common White or Chinese Long 

 the Purple. Plant of low growth, with pale 

 foliage ; fruit white, eight or nine inches long, two inches 

 and a half in diameter, and often more or less curved, par- 

 ticularly when the end is in contact with the ground. 



It is later than the White or Purple varieties, and nearly 

 of the season of the Scarlet-fruited. To obtain the fruit 

 in full perfection, the plants must be started in a hot-bed. 



Fruit nearly ovoid, smaller than the Round Guadaloupe 

 or Long Purple ; skin white, streaked and 

 variegated with red. 



The plants of this variety resemble those Long Purple, 

 of the Round Purple. The fruit is oblong, 

 somewhat club-shaped, six or eight inches in length, some- 

 times straight, but -often slightly bent. At maturity, the skin 

 is generally deep purple ; but the color varies much more 

 than the Large Round : it is sometimes pale purple, slightly 

 striped, sometimes variegated with longitudinal yellowish 

 stripes, and always more deeply colored on the exposed 

 side. 



It is early, of easy culture, hardy and productive, excel- 

 lent for the table, thrives well in almost any section of the 

 Northern States, and, if started in a hot-bed, would perfect 

 its fruit in the Canadas. 



A sub-variety of the Large Round, pro- New- York 

 ducing the same number of fruits, which are 

 generally of a deeper color, and average of larger size. 

 The leaves are often spiny ; and, if the variety is genuine, 

 the plants will be readily distinguished from those of the 

 last named by their more dense or compact habit of growth. 



It is not early, and appears to be better suited to the 

 climate of the Middle States than to that of New England ; 

 though it is successfully cultivated in the vicinity of Boston, 



