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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



axile, slit; tube conical; stamens median or marginal; seeds large, 

 pointed, few; flesh yellowish white, stained with red, fine-grained, 



Rops of Wine. 



moderately juicy, mild, pleasant subacid, good to very good. Late 

 July, early August, in central Iowa. 



Speer. — A stray variety in some scions of another variety received 

 from Russia. Named in honor of K. P. Speer, Cedar Falls, Iowa, by 

 the I(jwa State Horticultural Society. 



Fruit aliove medium to large, roundisli, somewhat oblate, regular; 

 surface rich golden yellow, remarkal>le for the numerous minute 

 prominences and raised dots; dots obscure, many, minute; cavity 

 regular, olitvisc, slightly russetod; stem medium, stout; basin smooth, 

 wide, deep, very abrupt, forming a cup with a few prominences in 

 bottom; calyx closed; segments erect convergent, very large and 

 leafy. Core closed, clasiiing; cells axilc, ovate; tube fimnel -shaped; 

 stamens marginal; flesh while, juicy, crisji, sprightly acid, good. 

 Late fall. 



Springdale. — Origin, Arkansas; of recent introduction. 



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

 yellow almost or wlioUy covered with fine dark solid red, obscurely 



