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Pan-American Exposition from the Stafo of Washington weighed L'S} 

 ounces. Tree a strong grower anil of spreading hal]it; leaves large 

 and shining; an abundant biennial bearer. 



Fruit very large to enormous, rounilish to roundish oblate, 

 somewhat angular; surface smooth, whitish 3'ellow, almf)st wlioUy 

 covered with pale red, with a few obsciu'e stripes and si)lashes; dots 

 obscure, numerous, whitish; cavity wide, regular, rather shallow, 

 obtuse, green, trace of russet; stem very short; basin narrow, 

 slightly corrugated; calyx closed; segments flat, convergent. Core 

 open, al)axile; cells ovate, widely slit; tube conical; stamens Ijasal; 

 flesh white, quite firm, juicy, brisk suliacid, good. Use market and 

 culinarj'. September. 



Bismarck. — Origin, New Zealand. As seen in 1804 l)y tlie writer 

 in the nursery of the introducer at I'jrfurt, Germany, tliis variety 

 fruits freely on one-year old shoots from the Ijud; this haljit of fruit- 

 ing on one-year wood, together with its large size has caused it to Ije 

 boomed extensively. In Dakota and Iowa it has jiroved tender and 

 subject to blight. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, slightly tapering, somewhat ril)bed 

 toward calyx; surface greenish yellow, polished, partially covered 

 with dull red obscure splashes, some russet-net veining; dots obscure, 

 few, whitish, minute; cavity acute, regular, with radiate russet; stem 

 medium; basin abrupt, nearly smooth, with fine wrinkles, calyx open; 

 segments erect convergent. Core half open; cells round, slit; tube 

 conical; stamens l)asal; seeds short, plump), few; flesli whitish with 

 green veinings, rather coarse-grained, lively, Ijrisk subacid good only. 

 Early winter. 



Black, Jersey. — An old variety; tree of moderate growth, spread- 

 ing round head with drooping limbs, productive. 



Fruit medium, round, angular, irregular, somewhat riljbed; surface 

 smooth, wholly covered with deep red, with darker stripes, giving 

 a purple, almost black, color, often with thin bloom; dots many, 

 minute, indented, jiurple; cavity deep, acute, russet, often wavy 

 or folded; stem variable; basin shallow, corrugated; calyx closed. 

 Core medium, usually closed, clas])ing; seetls many, short, plump; 

 pointed, dark; flesh yellow, crisp, juicy, often stained pink or reddish, 

 mild, aromatic, agreeable sul.)acid, good. Early winter. 



Black Annette. — An old variety brought from Marietta, Ohio, in 

 1866, by Aaron Flumley, and largely grown for many years in Cedar and 



