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basin narrow, small, abrupt, wrinkled or wavy; calj-x closed. Core 

 closed, distant, barely clasping; tube conical; stamens Ijasal; flesh 

 greenish white with green veinings, sprightly acid, good for culinary 

 use. AVinter. 



Red Stripe. — Origin, probably Indiana; tree ])roductive, shoots 

 very downy. 



Fruit medium or below, oblong conical, obscurely ribbed; surface 

 polished, whitish yellow, most!)' covered with striiw'd, splashed, and 

 mottled crimson; cavity acute, regular, russeted; stem short to 

 medium, slender; basin very sliallow, corrugated; calj'x very small, 

 closed. Core large, open, oval, clasping; flesh white, fine-grained, 

 juicy, tender, pleasant acid, good. July and August. 



Red Warrior. — See Mitchell's Red Warrior; an Iowa variety. 

 The name was first given to a North Carolina variety; see also Yates. 



Red Wine. — Origin, Russia. Of Lowland Raspberry type. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, irregular, sides often bulging; 

 surface jjolislu'd, waxen white, almost wholly covered with bright 

 red, a beautiful fruit; dots distinct, numerous, minute, white; cavity 

 regular, narrow, with stellate russet; stem medium; basin shallow, 

 narrow, wrinkled, and corrugated; calyx closed; segments connivent; 

 tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; flesh snow-white, tender, 

 juicy, subacid, good. August, September. 



Repka Malenka. — Origin, Russia. Malenka means small. This 

 is probably the best keeper of the Russians. A. (1. Tuttle, of Bara- 

 boo. Wis., finds that the fruit keep easily till June. 



Fruit below medium, conical to roundish conical, obscurely angu- 

 lar, somewhat irregular and unecjual; surface yellow, striped, si)lashed, 

 mixed and dotted dull red on sunny side; dots obscure, few, very 

 minute, white; cavity regular, obtuse, with considerable radiating 

 russet; stem medium to long; basin abrupt, narrow, shallow, slightly 

 corrugated and wrinkled; calyx open or closed; segments erect con- 

 vergent, verj- long. Core closed, clasping; cells round; tube funnel- 

 shaped, sometimes linear (long and very narrow) ; stamens nuirginal 

 or median; seeds about ten, large, i)lump, packed tight in the small 

 cells; flesh white, firm, mild subacid, good. Late winter and spring. 



Rhode Island Greening. — Origin, Rhode Island; one of the leading 

 eastern varieties; tree very vigorous, of strong, sjireading growth, 

 an abundant bearer. 



Fruit large, roundish to roundish oblate, often obscurely ribbed; 



