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skin piirplo with nurnoroiis li^iit br(n\-ii dots tliat f^liow i!ir()ui;ii tlic 

 liluc l)lor)m; stallv alxiut (inc inch hmsj, stunt, inserted in small narniw 

 cavity. Tlesh light yellow, rich, sugary, very good; stone nearly free. 

 Domcstica. New York. 



Chahc.t 



Communia. — Large, long oval, flattened at both ends; color red- 

 disli purple; bloom blue with large gray dots; suture distinct, nearly 

 on the surface; stalk three eighths of an inch long, stout, in bi'oad 

 deejj cavity; apex slightly depressed. Flesh firm, meaty, juicy, mild 

 subacid; quality good to very gofxl; jiit free. Introduced !)y tlie 

 Cierman colony in Clayton County, Iowa, from Denmark. Domcs- 

 tica. 



Czar. — Medium to large, roundish-ovate; color dark |)urplewith 

 Ijluish bloom; stem short in narrow cavity: sutiu'e a mere line. Flesh 

 3'cllowish, .firm, sweet, good. ( U'cjwn in W<'stern Xew 'I'nrk and ( )n- 

 tario. Domcstica. 



Climax (Royal). — \'ery lai'ge. liearl-siiaped ; color dai'k red wilh 

 varied-sized yellow dots: stem short, sloul , inserted in deep and .abruiil 

 cavity; suture distinct, but not deep; ape.\' ]-ounded. Flesh yehow, 

 firm, sweet, rich, very good; stone free. .\. hybrid of Piotan ]":ollinated 

 with Simoni by Burbank of California. (irowTi east of the lakes. 



Clyman. — Medium to large, roundish; color dark pur]ilr' with 

 heavv blue bloom; suture distinct; ape.x somewhat flattened; ciuality 



