Varieties 237 



and striped with purplish red; flesh tinged with yellow, firm, not 

 very juicy, subacid, fair to good in quality. Season October to 

 January or later. Highly colored specimens are nearly solid red. 



Oldenburg (Duchess of Oldenburg). Tree medium in size, 

 roundish. Fruit large, uniform, roundish oblate; skin thick, ten- 

 der, greenish yellow, almost covered with regular splashes and 

 stripes of bright red mottled and shaded with crimson; flesh 

 tinged with yellow, rather firm, crisp, tender, juicy, sprightly sub- 

 acid, aromatic, very good for culinary purposes. Season late 

 August and September. 



Plumb Cider. Tree fairly vigorous, medium, upright. Fruit 

 medium to large, roundish, slightly conic; skin yellowish, shaded 

 with pale red and striped with brighter red; flesh yellow, firm, 

 fine, juicy, subacid, good. Season October to January. 



Rome (Beauty). Tree fairly vigorous, but makes poor growth 

 when young, upright. Fruit large to very large, uniform in shape, 

 roundish, oblate, somewhat conic, cylindrical; skin thick, tough, 

 yellowish or greenish, and in well-colored specimens should be 

 almost solid red on the exposed side; flesh nearly white, firm, 

 crisp, juicy, mild subacid, quality good. Season November to 

 April or May. Should be top-worked on a vigorous-growing kind 

 for best results. Blooms late, and so often escapes frost. 



Utter. Tree vigorous, roundish to upright, healthy, hardy. 

 Fruit medium to large, roundish oblate; skin orange-red and 

 streaked with bright carmine; flesh whitish, tinged with yellow, 

 somewhat coarse, crisp, tender, juicy, mild subacid, good. Season 

 October to December. Some fruits show little or no red, but on 

 highly colored specimens the prevailing color is red. 



Wealthy. Tree of medium size, moderately vigorous, with 

 curving branches, spreading and somewhat open. Fruit medium 

 to large, roundish conic, slightly flattened at the base; skin thin, 

 tough, pale yellow, blushed and marked with narrow stripes and 

 splashes of red deepening in highly colored specimens to nearly 

 solid red; flesh whitish, sometimes stained with red, crisp, tender, 

 very juicy, subacid, sprightly, good to very good. Season 

 October to January. 



White Pearmain. Tree vigorous, spreading. Fruit medium 



