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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



cavity. Flesh -whitish j'ellow, juicy, fine-grained, buttery, melting, 

 rich, good to verj' good. Massachusetts. 



Gakovsky. — Medium in size, pyriform; color greenish 3-ello\v, with 

 indistinct dots; stalk one and one quarter inches long, with fleshy 



Flemish Beauty. 



ring where inserted in slight cavity. Flesh dingy white, fine-grained, 

 buttery, juicy, mild, vinous, but not very rich. Quality only good. 

 The principal merit of this variety is its extreme hardiness. It can 

 be grown on ridge land far north. lUissia. 



Gansels Seckel. — .Small to medium, oblate, and considerably de- 

 pressed; color yellow, with rough and uneven skin, inostl\' covered 

 with thin russet; stalk short, stout, inserted in broad shallow cavity; 

 basin broad and shallow. Flesh coarse, buttery, juicy, melting, 



