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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



]uiison(Thoiiip.-iivi's Sfcdliiuj X(i.2('). — Orij^inatcd in Grundy County, 

 northern Iowa, hy .1. S. B. Tlionqison. In fall of ISCil Mrs. Thomp- 

 son saved the seed in her fatlier's (.irchanl of seedlin!;;s in New Yurk. 



Fruit large, roinulish oblong, conical, regular; surface greenish 

 yellow, mostly covered with dark red with crimson stripes and s]ilashes 

 on sunny side; dots distinct, white, few, snuiU ; cavity regular, nie- 

 diiuu deep, slightly acuminate with much stellate russet; stem long; 

 liasin shallow, narrow, alirupt, ribbed and minutely wrinkled; calyx 

 half open; segments erect convergent. Core half open; cells ovate, 

 slit; tube conical; stamens median; seeds few, short, plump, some 

 imperfect: flesh white, subacid, good. Winter. (See Gnuidij.) 



Julian. — Origin, North Carolina; tree moderately vigorous, very 

 productive. 



Julian. 



Fruit above niedivmi, roundish, inclining to conic, unequal; surface 

 waxen, whitish, stri]ied, splashed, and mottled with rich red; dots 

 few, light, some having dark centres; cavity tleep, sometimes russet ed; 

 stem short, snudl ; basin d(>(>p, slightly corrugated; calvx small, closed; 

 segments long, slender, slightly rellexed. Flesh vellowish white, 

 tender, .jiiicy, pleasant subacid, good to very good. ,luh- and August. 



July, Foiiiih <ij. — Origin, <ua-many; tree of strong, upright 

 growth, forming a fine head; a fnut (h)sely resembling Tetofsky bvit 

 very distinct in tre(>; an early and ab\ui(lan( bearer. 



Fruit medium, roiuidish, oblate, conical, slightly ribbed; surface 

 whitish yellow, covered ^^ith a thin whitish bloom, and striped and 



