FRUITS VARIETIES AND CULTURE. 



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Winter Nelis. — Fruit medium to small, varying from 

 oblate to roundish obovate; skin yellowish-green, but 

 generally a good deal covered with russet; stalk an inch 

 long, curved, and planted in a narrow cavity; calyx open, 

 in a shallow basin, with stiff, short segments; flesh pale 

 vellowish-white, fine-grained, buttery and melting, 



Fig. 245 -Easter Beurre. 



abounding in rich, sugary, aromatic juice. Ripens — 

 Georgia, in October; New York, December. 



Lawrence. — Fruit large, obovate, obscurely pyriform; 

 stalk rather short, inclined, inserted by a lip or in a slight, 

 regular depression; cavity generally partly closed, in a 

 broad, shallow basin; skin fine lemon yellow, uneven, 

 sprinkled thickly with small dots; flesh white, a little 

 granular, buttery, with a very rich, sugary, aromatic 

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