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Fruit as large as Transcendent, roundish, regular, flattened at ends, 

 yellow, mostly covered thinly wWh dotted and mixed red, obscurely 

 splashed and stri]ied and overlaid with -whitish; dots obscure, few, 

 minute, whitish; cavity wide. refj;ular, obtuse, with some stellate 

 russet; stem medium to long; basin flat, corrugated; calyx open; 

 segments long, divergent. Core closed; tube wide, long, funnel- 



shaped; stamens marginal; flesh whitish, crisp, juicy, very sweet, 

 very good to best for dessert or preserves. September, October. 



Cherry. — Of the pure Pyriis baccata type, having deciduous calyx 

 segments. One of the oldest varieties. 



Fruit small, ol)late, nearly regular or slightly angular; surface 

 smooth, yellow, nearly covered with bright red, with Ijlue l.iloom; 

 dots distinct, many, large, whitish; cavity regular, olituse, wide, with 

 a little broken russet; stem very long, slender; basin wide, shallow; 

 calyx closed; segments as tliey fall off leave a round russet scar; 

 flesh crisp, juic}', ].)leasant acid; the fruit hangs long, almost even 

 to dr^'ing, on the tree. September, October. 



Dartt (Dnrtt's Hybrid). — Originated from seed of Tetofsky by 

 E. H. S. Dartt, Owatonna, Minnesota. One of the best of the liybrids. 



Fruit large, conical, very regular; surface yellow, mostly covered 

 with bright red stri])es and splashes, mixed on sunny side, a handsome 

 fruit; dots white, obscure; cavity regular, deep, acute, with trace of 

 ruiset; stem long; basin flat, corrugated; calvx closed; segments 

 large, long. Core closed or half open, clasping; tube funnel-shaped; 

 stamens median; flesh white, juicy, subacid, good. September. 



