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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



with radiating patch of russet; stem short, completely filling lower 

 part of funnel; basin deep, abrupt, slight!}' wavy; calyx wide open. 

 Core closed; tube conical; stamens basal; seeds few; flesh white, 

 tender, juicy, subacid, very good. September, October. 



Grimes Golden. 



Haas (Gros Pomier, Fall Queen). — Origin near St. Louis, Missouri; 

 tree of very strong upright growth, a good early annual bearer. 



Fruit medium or above, roundish, oblate, conical, obscurely angu- 

 lar; skin thick, tough, Ijecoming oily; surface yellow, almost or wholly 

 covered with bright crimson, marbled, splashed and striped, a hand- 

 some fruit; dots very oljscvu'e, few, white, minute; cavity regular, 

 acute, with trace of russet; stem short; basin abrui)t, narrow; calyx 

 half open. Core open; cells widely slit; tube funnel-shaped, open 

 to core; stamens mediaTi ; flesh snow-white, often stained red next to 

 skin, juicy, sul)acid, with a jieculiar quince-like texture; quality 

 fair; use culinary. Late fall. 



Hagloe. — Of .Vmeriean origin; an old variety; tree vigorous, round- 

 headed, productive; slioots dark, stout, bhuit ; foliage large, light 

 green, terminal buds very large. 



Fruit medium to large, roundisli truncated; surface light yellow 

 with briglii red or dark crimson stripes and splashes on sunny side, 



