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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



with much steUate russet; stem short; basin smooth, shallow, regular; 

 calyx open; segments small, divergent. Core large, closed; cells 

 obovate, widely slit; tube conical; stamens median; seeds few, 



Pumpkin Sweet 



short, blunt, angular, somewhat flattened ; flesh white, only moderately 

 juic3', verj' sweet, good. September to December. Very valuable 

 for baking and stock-feeding. 



Quince, Cole. — Origin, Maine. 



Fruit large; form oblate conical, angular, ribbed toward the 

 base; surface yellow; dots distinct, numerous, russet, with light 

 bases; cavity acute, regular, witli large radiating patch of russet; 

 .stem short; basin narrow, abrupt, corrugated; calyx closed; seg- 

 ments erect convergent. Core open; cells ovate, slit, roomy; t\ibe 

 conical; stamens median; seeds ])lum]), dark; Ih^sh white, spicy, 

 subacid, good to very good. August in southern Iowa. 



Ralls (k-)ict (.land, Kfvcrjai}).—Ch-\i(m, Andierst Co., \'irginia, on 

 the farm of Caleb ]{all; tree vigorous, sjireading, very pr(_)ductive. It 



