222 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



Fruit lari;x', roiuKlisli, conical ; surface yellow, mostly covered with 

 bright mixed I'ed, with indistinct dark crimson stripe ; and sjjlashes; 

 tlots \\-liite, minute; cavity nearly or quite Hat, often with protuber- 

 ances around and against stem; stem long; basin narrow, wrinlded; 

 calyx closed. Core closed; tul)e conical; stamens median; flesh 

 yellowish white, aciil. (iood for culinary use. September, October. 



Marengo. — Said to])ea seedling found in the rows of an old seedling 

 nursery of api)le-stocks. Discovery attributetl to James F. Lester, 

 ilarengo, Illinois. Young shoots vigorous, reddish l)ro^\'n, with the 

 gray S]iecks, bloom, and scaly cuticle |ieculiar to the Siberian, 



Fruit large, roundish, flattened at Ijlossom end: surface smooth, 

 bright warm red on yellow ground; dots few, gray <jr light russet; 

 cavity narrow; stem long, slender; basin broad, o]ien, corrugated; 

 calyx closed; flesh yellowish white, crisp, juicy, a little harsh until 

 fully ri|)e, when it is a mild and pleasant subacid. Early winter to 

 late in spring. (Downing.) 



Martha. — < )riginated by the lat<> Peter M. Clideon, Excelsior, 

 Jlinnesota. 



Fruit large, oblate, very regular; surface smooth, yellow, almost 

 entirely covered with a beautiful bright red, with a bluish Ijloom, 

 no stripes or s])lashes; dots white, cons|)icuous; cavity wide, regular; 

 stem long; basin very wide, nearly Hat; segments often nearly 

 obsolete. Core closed: fiesh yellowish wliite, acid, gnod for culinary 

 use. September to December. 



Mary [Giihiiii'a Xii. (i). — Originated by P(>ler M. (iideon, Excelsior, 

 ^linncsota. 



Fruit very large for a crab, oblate, ver}' regular; surface a Ijeautiful 

 solid dark crimson, with heavy blue bloom: dots minute, white, few, 

 obscure; cavity obtuse, regular; stem aljout one inch long; basin 

 wide, smootli; shallow; calyx closed; segments erect convergent. 

 Core half open; tulie funnel-sha]X'd ; stamens marginal; cells ovate, 

 entire; flesh white, sharp subacid, good. August, September. 



Mercer. — A native crab originated in Mca-cer County, Illinois: 

 introduced by X. K. Fluke, Davenjiort, Iowa. Apparently a hybrid 

 [Fynix I(iive}isi.\ x ]'- Mnliis). 



Fruit two to two and onedialf inches in diameter, oblate, nearly 

 regular, often unequal; surface greiai, turnin;:; to yellow, very oily; 

 dots disHnct, many, minute, whitish, a few large dots; ca\'ity wavy, 

 wide a( mouth, sloping gradually; stem medium; basin wide, abrupt, 



