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THE AMERICAN' \AUIETIP;S ANT) THEIll HYBRIDS. 



Aitkin. — Larc'i', oval, Cduiprcbsod ; color dark red, but paler on 

 shady side, Avitlioiit dots; suture obscure. 

 Flesh yellow, rich, quite firm; quality 

 very f!;ood. Season, early. Miiniesota. 

 Americana. 



American Eagle. — Lai'ge, oblona; oval, 

 somewhat compressed; color dark red over 

 yellow ground, witli numerous yellow dots; 

 stem one inch long ; suture indistinct. Flesh 

 reddish yellow, firm; quality verj' good. 

 Season, Seijtember. (Jriginated in ilissouri. 

 Americana. 



Ames. — Large, roundish, conical; color 

 bright red, with numeroiis large dots anil 

 pale lilac Idoom ; stalk one-half to five-eighths of an inch long, in broad 

 shallow cavity; suture finite distinct. Flesh light yellow, firm, sugary, 

 rich; quality good to best. Tr(>e very hardv. I hi.)rid of Americana 

 and trillora. 



Apple. — Large, roundisli ojjlate; color reddish purple; stem short, 

 stout, inserted in medium deep cavity; s\iture ol)Scure. Flesh firm, 

 fiavor rather acid; quality fair to good. One of Burljank's hybrids, 

 now grown in New York and South. .Jaiian and Angustil'olia. 



Arkansas (.1 r/.vni.sv/.s Lonihnrd). — !\Iedium, roundish oval; color 

 bri'dit red, with small dots and ^vhite bloom; stem long, slender, 

 inserted in \'ery sliallow cavity. Flesli soft; quality good. Season, 

 two weel^s later than Wiidgoose. ( irown in I'ennsylvaiua and South 

 Arkansas, .^ngustifolia. 



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