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Pryor /?(y/.— Origin unknown; ])opular in Indiana, Kentucky, and 

 ^ n-ginia ; tree upright, spreading, of moderate vigor, a late and often a 

 sliy bearer; doing l)est on deep rich soil and in southern climates or 

 ivarm seasons. 



Pryor Red. 



Fruit medium or above; form roundish, somewhat oblate, in- 

 clined, variable, somewhat ribbed; surface greenish yellow, mostly 

 covered with dull red, with obscure dark crimson stripes and splashes, 

 sliglitly russeted, sometimes mostly covered witli russet; dots niuner- 

 ous, greenish gray; cavity small, narrow, acute, with radiate russet, 

 sometimes extending far out over base; stem short and thick, some- 

 times long; basin narrow, small; calyx closed; flesh yellowish, very 

 tender and ricli, juicy, mild pleasant subacid, very good. .January 

 to March. 



Pumpkin Sweet (Found Siicti). — Origin, the orcliard of S. Toyman, 

 Manchester, Connecticut; tree vigorous, upright, spr(>ading, drooping, 

 productive. 



Fruit very large, rovmdish, obscurely ribbed and angular, some- 

 times unequal, truncated; surface yellowish green, overlaid with 

 whitish and some russet net-veining; dots distinct, white, minute, 

 a few- large russet dots; ca\-ity regular, deep, somewhat acuminate. 



