FRUITS VARIETIES AND CULTURE. 



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Van Assciie. — Tree vigorous and fruitful, with red- 

 dish-brown shoots and plump buds; fruit medium, or 

 large, turbinate, inclining to conical, in very large speci- 

 mens oblate; skin light yellow, with numerous russet and 

 red dots, with a bright red cheek; stalk an inch long, 



Fig. 235— Selleck. 



rather stout, obliquely planted in a slight depression; 

 calyx partly closed, in a broad, deep, and wrinkled basin; 

 flesh white, fine-grained, juicy, with a delicate blending 

 of sweet and acid, and a rich, excellent flavor. Ripens— 

 August in Georgia; October, in New York. Generally 

 larger than the engraving. 



Duchesse d'Angouleme. — Fruit very large, obovate, 

 varying from oblong to oblate, with a knobby, uneven 

 surface; skin dull greenish-yellow, dotted and spotted 



