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Fruit below medium; form very regular, oblate; surface yellow, 

 with blush on sunny side; dots obscure, numerous, whitisli; cavity 

 deep, wide, regular, oljtusc; stem short; basin smooth, regular, 

 leather-cracked; calyx open; segments erect convergent. Core 

 closed; cells round, slit; tube funnel-shaped, wide, open to core; 

 stamens marginal; seeds short, plump; flesh yellow, with 3'ellow 

 veinings, excellent. Sejjtember to February. 



Nansemond (Nanscmiind Beauty). — Supposed origin, Virginia; tree 

 vigorous, rather spreading, a good annual bearer. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, slightly conic; surface pale yellow, 

 nearly covered with light and dark rich red, sometimes rather obscure 

 stripes and splashes of a darker hue; cavity quite large, slight russet; 

 stem short, small; basin large, deep, slightly corrugated; calyx lialf 

 open. Core small; flesh quite white, half fine, crisp, tender, juicy, 

 vinous subacid. January, April. 



Nero. — Origin, Princeton, fiercer Co., Xew Jer.se^'; tree vigorous, 

 spreading. 



Fruit large, roundish ol)late; surface clear yellow, nearly' covered 

 with dull red, deepening into dark red, with patches and marblings of 

 russet; dots few, large, roundish, with grayish centres; cavitj- narrow, 

 deep, regular, russeted; stem one-half inch long, medium; basin very 

 broad, saucer-shaped, riljbcd; calyx large, open; segments long; 

 tube short, funnel-shaped; flesh whitish, juicy, firm, crisp, with a mild, 

 subacid, slightly aromatic flavor, quality good. Season, January to 

 April. (Mich. Exp. Sta. Bui., 169, p. 187.) 



Newell (Orange ]V inter). — Originated over fifty 3'ears ago in Sauk 

 Co., Wisconsin , by Orange Xewell, from seeds of Perry Russet 

 brought from Xew York. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, irregular, angular; surface a rich 

 yellow, with faint l_ironze blush on svmny side; dots green, minute 

 with numerous russet dots; cavity wide, deep, ribbed; stem sliort' 

 basin wide, ribbed, rather deep; calyx half open. Core closed, 

 meeting; calyx-tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; flesh firm, 

 juicy, yellowish, rich, sprightly subacid, very good. Winter. 



Newtown Spitzenburg. — Origin, Xewtown, Long Island; tree mod- 

 erate, vigorous, spreading, and productive. 



Fruit medium, regular, roundish oblate, slightly conical; surface 

 clear, rich yeUow, slia.ded with light red, witl\ deep red stripes and 

 s])laslies, often overlaid with whitish; dots many, minute russet 

 with some peculiar gray specks; cavity wide, deep, regular, lined with 



