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Williams' Early. Man. 



A native fruit, which originated on the farm of Mr. A. D. 

 Williams, of Koxbury, Mass. 



Fruit small, roundish-turbinate, regularly formed. Skin 

 bright yellow, thickly sprinkled with rich scarlet dots on the 

 sunny side. Stalk an inch and a half long, straight, a little 

 fleshy where it joins the fruit. Calyx very short, open ; basin 

 shallow, and slightly plaited. Flesh white, a little coarse-grain- 

 ed at first, but, when ripe, very juicy, half buttery, rich, with a 

 slightly musky flavour. First to the middle of September. 

 Young wood dark. 



Willermoz. Bivort. 



Forms a fine tree, very much covered with spines. Fruit 

 large, pyriform. Skin golden yellow at maturity, coloured on 

 the side of the sun. Flesh white, fine, melting, juice abundant, 

 sugary, and agreeably perfumed. October, November. (Al. 

 Pom.) 



Wilmington. 



A seedling of Passe Colmar, raised by Dr. Brinckle of Phila- 

 delphia. 



Fruit medium, obtuse-py inform, somewhat compressed at the 

 sides, sometimes roundish-obovate. Skin cinnamon russet, with 

 patches of greenish-yellow on the shaded side, and sometimes 

 faint traces of carmine on the part exposed to the sun, with oc- 

 casionally a number of black dots encircled by a carmine mar- 

 gin. Stem somewhat variable in length, obliquely inserted in a 

 small cavity, sometimes without depression. Calyx medium, 

 with short, erect segments, set in a rather large, sometimes 

 slightly furrowed basin. Flesh fine, melting and buttery. Fla- 

 vour rich and saccharine, with the delicious aroma of the Passe 

 Colmar— "Best." Season September. (W. D. Brinckle, MS.) 



Wilbur. 



The Wilbur is a native fruit, which originated in Somerset, 

 Mass. Shoots slender, yellowish-brown. 



Fruit of medium size, obovate. Skin dull green and russeted. 

 Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, inserted with little or no de- 

 pression. Calyx prominent, basin scarcely sunk. Flesh melt- 

 ing, juicy, sweet and pleasant, but slightly astringent. Septem- 

 ber. 



Wilkinson. Man. Thomp* 



The original tree grows on the farm of Mr. J. Wilkinson, 

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