FRUITS VARIETIES AND CULTURE. 



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Mangum. — Size small to medium; regular, slightly 

 conical; stalk small, in a narrow cavity; color green; 

 nearly covered with dark red stripes; flesh yellow and 

 firm; of excellent quality and keeps until March. 



Mountain Bell. — Size medium to large; oblate and 

 conical; color an orange ground, shaded and striped with 

 red; stem short, in a wide, deep cavity; calyx in a mode- 

 rate size, smooth basin; flesh white, hard and juicy, a 

 little rough in texture, and of a fair, subacid flavor. 



Fig. 173. 



Ripens November to Mav. Second quality, but a famous 

 keeper. A native of Habersham county, Georgia; found 

 in an old Indian field by J. Van Buren. 



Meigs (Buncombe, Red Winter Pearmain, Red Fall 

 Pippin). — Fruit large, regular, oblong, narrowing to the 

 eye, sometimes slightly ribbed; skin yellow, but mostly 

 covered with a marbling red, and sprinkled with promi- 

 nent yellow dots; calyx small, closed, and set in a narrow 

 basin; stalk very short, thick, in a deep, narrow cavity; 

 flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, with a rich, slightly 

 subacid flavor. A fine native variety. Tree thrifty, and 



