DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES 



ALEXANDER (Emperor Alexander). 



FLESH: yel- 

 lowish white; 

 crisp, not very 

 fine, moder- 

 ately juicy; 

 flavor subacid. 

 pleasant. 



QUALITY: des- 

 sert, fair; 

 cooking, good. 



VALUE: home 

 market, first 

 class; can be 

 s u c c e s sfully 

 shipped to 

 Great Britain 

 in cold storage. 



SEASON: Sep- 

 tember to Nov- 

 ember. 



ADAPTATION : 

 quite general, 

 the tree being 

 hardy. 



ALKXAXDER. 



ORIGIN : in- 

 troduced into 

 England from 

 Russia in 1817. 



TREE: hardy, 

 spreading, vig- 

 orous, produc- 

 tive; bears 

 early. 



FRUIT: very 

 large size ; 

 form round, 

 ovate, conical; 

 skin greenish 

 yellow, russet 

 dots, streaked 

 or s p 1 a s hed 

 with red; stem 

 % inch long, 

 set in a deep 

 russeted 

 cavity; calyx 

 large, nearly 

 closed, set in 

 a deep, even 

 basin. 



SECTION OF ALEXANDER. 



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