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surface pale greenish 3'ello'n', more or less covered with bronze russet, 

 sometimes wholly russeted; cavity narrow, medium, regular; stem 

 medium; basin smooth, medium, regular; calyx small, closed. Flesh 

 yellowish white, firm, crisp, mild subacid, aromatic, fair to good. 

 February to July and may be kept through the summer. 



English Russet. 



Esopus Spitzc7iburg— Origin Esopus, on the Hudson River, Xew 

 York. Fruit considered equal to the Xe-irtown Pippin in quality and 

 unsurpassed as a dessert fruit by anv other varietv. 



Fruit large, regular, oblong, slightly tapering, truncated; surface 

 smooth, almost \\holly covered with clear bright nearly solid red, 

 on shaded side yellow, tinged and streaked with red; dots distinct, 

 numerous, small, gray; cavity wavy, deep, wide, light lirown; stem 

 medium, slender; basin sliallow, smootli or slightly furrowed: calvx 

 small, closed; segments divergent. Core open; cells ovate, slit; 

 tube conical; stamens median; seeds large, liglit colored, flat ; llesh 

 yellow, crisp, firm, juicy, rich, delicious, firisk, spicy subacid, best. 

 Noveml)er to February. 



Estaline.— Originated from seed of t)ldenl)urg about 1S7S by 

 O. F. Brand, Faribault, Minn.; tree an early and alaundant bearer. 



Fruit medium or below, irregular, somewliat angular, roundish 



