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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



type; origin, Ontario, Canada; tree vigorous, with spreading head; 

 a good annual bearer. 



Fruit above medium to large, roundish oblate to roundish trun- 

 cated, slightly irregular, and obscurely angular, highly perfumed; 

 surface \'ery smooth, polished, yellow, almost wholly covered with 

 brilliant solid crimson, the coloring brighter on shaded side, with heav}' 

 blue bloom, a beautiful fruit; dots man}', obscure, minute, white; 

 cavit}' obtuse, wide, regular, ^^'ith a trace of russet; stem short to 

 medium stout; basin smooth, rather shallow, abrupt; calj'x closed; 

 segments connivent. Core closed; cells ovate, entire; tube funnel- 

 shaped; stamens marginal or median; seeds plump; flesh snow-white, 

 crisp, very tender, juic}', sprighth^, aromatic subacid, ver}^ good. 

 December to January. 



McLellan. — Origin, Woodstock, Connecticut; tree a thrifty upright 

 grower, very productive, an annual bearer. 



Fruit medium or above, regular, roundish oblate, regular, some- 

 times unequal; surface yellow, mostly covered with dark crimson, 

 marbled, splashed, and striped, solid on sunny side; dots distinct. 



McLellan. 



numerous, raised russet, small; cavity rather deeji, regular, wide, 

 obtuse; stem medium, rather slender; basin smooth, medium deep; 

 calyx half open; segments erect convergent. Core closed; cells ovate; 



