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smooth, or slightly wrinkled; calyx small, closed, or lialf ojien. Core 

 large, clasping, open; cells very large, aliaxile, roomy, ovate, entire; 

 tube wide, long, funnel-shaped; stamens marginal; seeds many, 

 rather small, brown black; flesh white, often stained with red, very 

 tender, fine-grained, crisp, juicy, very pleasant, mild subacid, almost 

 sweet, excellent. August, as early as Yellow Transparent. 



Lubsk Queen (Lubsk Rcinetlc, Xo. 444). — Origin, Russia. A fruit 

 of remarkable beauty, always attracting much attention wherever 

 exhibited; tree vigorous, medium, upright. 



Fruit medium to large, regular, round, truncated; surface very 

 smooth, polished and wax-like, a brilliant white, more or less covered 

 with solid light rosy red, with delicate white bloom, a self-colored 

 apple, but sometimes with short red splashes on lighter ground; dots 

 white, minute, numerous; cavity rather small, acute, slightly russeted; 

 stem medium to long; );iasin wide, shallow, regular, \\ith generally 

 five fine corrugations around the eye; calyx closed; segments long, 

 pointed. Core closed; cells ovate, slit; tube long, funnel-shaped; 

 stamens marginal; seeds not man}-, jilump; flesh snow-white, firm, 

 juicy, fine-grained, subacid, good. August, vSeptember. 



McAfee [McAfee Red). — Originated at McAfee's old fort, Ken- 

 tucky; tree a good grower and very productive. 



Fruit large, roundish, slightly oblate; surface polished, greenish 

 yellow, almost wholly, but thinly, covered with fine solid crimson, 

 obscurely striped and covered with a thin bloom; dots distinct, nu- 

 merous, minute, white; cavity regular, green, obtuse; stem short, 

 fleshy; basin smooth, very narrow, shallow; calyx closed; segments 

 connivent. Core open; cells ovate, entire, abaxile; tulje conical; 

 stamens median; seeds small, iilunip; flesh juicy, white, fine-grained, 

 lively subacid, very good. November to March. 

 McCuIler. — Origin, North Carolina. 



Fruit medium, oblate; skin medium thick, liriftle; surface smooth, 

 glossy, greenish white, washed and splashed with purplish red, heavily 

 overspread with gray whitish bloom ; dots small, russet ; cavity regular, 

 medium, gradual, russet net-work; stem very short, stout; basin 

 ren^ular, small, shallow, furrow<'d and bloom; calyx small, closed; 

 se"-ments small, converging, reflexed at tips. Core oblate, clasping, 

 laro-e; seeds few, medium, plumji, brown; flesh whitish, fine, break- 

 ing, juicy, subacid, good. Winter. (U. S. Dept. Agr., 1!)02.) 



Mcintosh {Mchik'sh Red). — A choice variety of the Fameuse 



