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splashed dark crimson, some small russet patches; dots distinct, 

 many, russet, raised; cavity regular, medium, obtuse, lined with 

 stellate russet, stem medium, stout; basin rather shallow, slighly 

 corrugated; calyx open; segments small, flat convergent. Core half 

 open, clasping; cells round; tube long, funnel-shaped; stamens 

 marginal; seeds plump, pointed, packed closely in cells; flesh yellowish 

 white with greenish tinge, firm, very solid, mild pleasant subacid, 

 good. Late winter. 



Stark. — Origin vmknown, probably Oliio; tree vigorous, upright, 

 spreading. A commercial variotv. 



Stark. 



Fruit, large, roundish, slightly conical, sometimes a little elongated 

 and oblique; surface smooth, unctuous at maturity, 3'ellowish green, 

 mostly covered with light and dark red, shaded, striped, and s])lashed, 

 overlaid with whitish; dots many, distinct, l.)rown and whitish, some 

 areolar; cavity regular, obtuse, sliglitly russcted; basin shallow, 

 slighth' wrinkled; calyx closed. Core ojien, small, oulluif irregular, 

 meeting; tube obtusely conical: stamens marginal or median; flesh 

 yellowish, a little coarse, moderately juicy, mild subacid, good. Late 

 winter. 



Starkey. — Origin, Maine; tree hardy, vigorous, spreading, pro- 

 ductive, a regular bearer. 



