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Clarke Pearmain. Size medium, roundish, slightly conical ; 

 skin inclining to rough yellow and russety in shade, light rich red 

 in the sun, thickly dotted with whitish russet ; cavity and basin 

 medium ; flesh yellowish white, with a very good sub-acid flavor. 

 Tree productive. A well-known Southern variety. North Caro- 

 lina. 



Cumberland Spice. Rather large, varying from roundish conical to 

 long conical, the tapering sides being nearly straight and not 

 rounded ; color waxen yellow, with a slight vermilion tinge near 

 the base, and with black specks on the surface ; stalk half to three- 

 fourths of an inch long ; cavity wide, slightly russeted ; calyx open, 

 basin even; flesh yellowish white, breaking, rather light; core hol- 

 low ; flavor mild sub-acid, with a peculiar and agreeable spiciness, 

 of good quality. 



Dansic Pepka. Large, roundish oblong ; greenish yellow with 

 blush; cavity very narrow, deep; stem short; basin small, wide, 

 shallow ; flesh white, juicy, sub-acid, fair. Late winter. Rus- 

 sian. Fig. 460. 



English Russet.* (Poughkeepsie Russet.) Medium or rather 

 small, roundish conical, regular; surface more or less overspread 

 with brownish russet on light greenish yellow ground ; in large ex- 

 posed specimens, wholly russeted ; stalk one-half to three-fourths 

 of an inch long ; cavity moderate, round ; basin smooth ; flesh green- 



FIG. 460.— Dansio Pepka. FiG. 461.— Lead. 



Fig. 462.— Zugoff Winter. FiG. 463.~Romna. 



ish or yellowish white, texture fine, rather firm, with an aromatic, 

 sub-acid flavor. Keeps through spring, and often through sum- 

 mer for twelve months. Growth upright, shoots lively brown. A 

 profuse bearer. A profitable market variety, but of rather poor 

 quality. New York. 

 Fallawater.* (Tulpahocken, Fornwalder.) Rather large, round- 

 ish and slightly ovate-conical, very regular, smooth; color a 

 smooth shade of dull red on light greenish yellow, with a few 

 large whitish dots ; stalk slender ; cavity narrow, acuminate ; basin 

 small; flesh greenish white, fine-grained, with a mild, slightly sub- 



