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SYSTE.MATIC POMOLOGY. 



red, with rather obscure crimson splashes and stripes faintly overlaid 

 wit 1 1 wliitisli ; (lots distinct, few, not large, whitish; cavity deep, obtuse, 

 irregular, wide; stem medium; basin smooth, shallow, nearly regular, 

 often abrupt ; calyx closed ; segments erect convergent. Core closed, 

 clasping, sessile, flattened, cordate; cells round, slit; tube funnel- 

 sha|)cd; stamens marginal; seeds not many, short, somewhat flat- 

 tened; flesh yellowish, juicy, very tender and delicate, fine-grained, 

 brisk, jiiild suljacid, very good to best. November to February. 



Walbridge (Edgar Rrdstreak) . — Originated by Joseph Curtis, 

 Paris, Edgar Co., 111., and named Edgar Redstreak, but the shorter 

 name, under wliich it was raised for many years before the true name 

 became known, has the preference; tree vigorous, at first upright, 

 but spreading with age, a fine tree in nursery. In many parts of the 

 West it has been a very tardy and shy bearer. 



Walbridge. 



Fruit medium, oblate, conical, regular; surface smooth, poli.shed, 

 pale greenish yellow, thinly sliaded with pale red, witli narrow stripes 

 and splashes of briglit red on sunny side; dots -whitish, very obscure, 

 few; cavity acute, regular, trace of russet; stem sliort to medium; 

 basin narrow, flat, or nearly so (this is a marked characteristic), 

 minutely wrinkled; calyx closed, small. Core o]ion, clasping: tube 

 funnel-shaped; stamens marginal; flesli white witli green veinino-s, 

 crisp, tender, juic}', mild subacid, fair. ^Vll winter. 



