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SHIAWASSEE (Shiawassee Beauty). 



A fine variety of 

 the Fameuse type ; 

 much less subject to 

 scab than Pameuse 

 itself. A fancy 

 variety for dessert 

 purposes. 



ORIGIN : in Shia- 

 wassee C o u n t y, 

 Michigan, supposed 

 to be a seedling of 

 Fameuse. 



TREE: hardy, vigor- 

 ous; upright; pro- 

 ductive alternate 

 years. 



FRUIT: size medium 

 to large; form de- 

 cidedly oblate; color 

 yellowish ground, 

 almost entirely 

 covered with stripes, 

 splashings and mott- 

 lings of dark crim- 

 son, and a few large prominent yellowish dots; stem slender, three-quarters of an inch 

 long, set in a broad, deep cavity; calyx usually closed, in a large deep basin. 



SHIAWASSEE BEAUTY. 



FLESH: color very 

 white; texture firm, 

 very crisp, juicy, 

 fine grained ; flavor 

 excellent. 



QUALITY : cooking, 

 fair ; dessert very 

 good. 



VALUE: home or 

 foreign market 

 promising. 



SEASON: October to 

 January. 



ADAPTATION : Can 

 be grown wherever 

 Fameuse succeeds. 



SECTION OF SHIAWASSEE BEAUTY. 



