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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



russet; stem short; basin wide, smooth, medium deep; calyx small, 

 closed. Core half open; cells wide open, obovate; tube conical; 

 stamens median; seeds manj', angular; flesh yellow, firm, crisp, 

 tender, juicy, rich, sprightly aromatic flavor, scarcely subacid, best. 

 October to February. 



Nickajack. — Origin, Georgia; widely distributed in the South and 

 known under many synonyms ; it reproduces itself quite closely from 

 seed; tree upright, spreading, large, very productive. 



Nickajack. 



Fruit large, roundish to roundish oblate, slightly conic, sometimes 

 oblique; surface yellowish, striped, shaded, and splashed with two 

 shades of red and with a grayish appearance, as if covered with a thin 

 bloom; dots man}', large, areole; cavity large, acute, medium deep, 

 yellow and russet; stem short; basin medium, slightlj' corrugated; 

 calj'x partially open. Core smaU, closed; seeds many, large, plump; 

 flesh yellowish, compact, moderately tender and juicy, negative sub- 

 acid, good. Late winter. 



Nixonite {Ozark Mammoth). — Originated "on the farm of M. 

 Nixon, near Hopewell, Mo., some fifty or seventy-live years ago. It 

 came up from seed alongside of an old lead mine." Tree not an early 

 bearer but productive with age. Much grown in southeastern Missouri. 



