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open basin. Flesh crisp, tender, juicy, with a pleasant sub-acid 

 flavour. November, December, 



Christiana. 



Origin, on the premises of John R. Brinckle, near Wilming- 

 ton, Delaware. Size medium, roundish, inclining to conical. 

 Skin beautifully striped, and mottled with carmine on a yellow- 

 ish ground. Stem half an inch long, inserted in a deep rather 

 m?rrow cavity. Calyx partially closed, set in a deep moderately 

 wide plaited basin. Flesh yellowish white, fine texture, juicy. 

 Flavour pleasant, delicate, sprightly, vinous, quality " very good." 

 November. (Int. Rep.) 



Churchill Greening. 



Origin uncertain. Tree vigorous and productive. 



Fruit large, oblate, somewhat conic, ribbed, angular. Skin 

 yellowish green, shaded with dull red, and thickly sprinkled 

 with green dots. Stem rather long, slender, cavity broad. 

 Calyx closed, basin deep, somewhat furrowed. Flesh yellow, 

 tender, granular, with a brisk, vinous, almost saccharine flavour. 

 December to February. 



Clarke Pearmain. 



Gloucester Pearmain. Golden Pearmain. 



From N. Carolina, an old variety. Tree of slow growth, very 

 productive. Fruit medium, roundish, conical. Skin greenish 

 yellow, shaded and marbled with red and russet dots. Stalk 

 very short, cavity small. Calyx closed, basin small. Flesh 

 yellow, rather firm, crisp, rich, sub-acid, excellent, pearmain 

 flavour. December. 



Clyde Beauty. 



Mackie's Clyde Beauty. 



Raised by Mr. Mackie, Clyde, Wayne Co., N. Y. Tree vigor 

 ous, upright, very productive. 



Fruit large, roundish, conic, angular. Skin greenish, oily, 

 sprinkled and mottled with dull red and bright red in the sun. 

 Stem short, slender, inserted in an acute cavity. Calyx closed, 

 set in a small corrugated basin. Flesh white, tender, juicy, 

 with a brisk sub-acid flavour. October to January. 



Cole. Thomp. Lind. Ron. 



Scarlet Perfume. Duling ? 



A variety from England of second quality, but admired for its 

 beautv of appearance. 



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