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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



to one inch long, in sliallow cavit}'. Flesh juicy, nieltinc, quite 

 sweet, l^est in quality; intone free. 



Purple Gage. — ilediuni size, roundish, flattened at ends; suture 

 distinct, in a depression; color violet with light-blue bloom; stalk one 

 inch long, curved, in narrow cavity. Flesh hrni, greenish yellow, 

 sugary, flavor best; very good. Euroyje. r)oinestica. 



Purple Reine Claude {Rciuc Claude ViolcUc). — Size medium, 

 roundish; color purple with blue bloom; stem short, stout, inseited 

 in shallow cavity. Flesh greenish yellow, rich, sugary; quality best. 

 A valuable home variet}'. East of the lakes. 



Quackenboss. — Large, roundish oval; color deep purple with blue 

 bloom and blue dots; stalk ciuite long in flaring shallow cavity; 

 suture a line. Flesh with greenish shade, firm, rather coarse, 

 sprightly; quality fair to good; semi-cling. One of the hardiest of 

 the Doinestica group. New York. 



Red June (Red N':ijute). — Medium to large, roundish conical; 

 color coppery red marbled with ])m-p!e red, with smooth glossy .sur- 

 face (jf skin; dots numerous, small, light- 

 colored; cavity large, regular, and deep, 

 with leather-cracking of surface; suture 

 distinct to apex and often to o]:ipositc 

 side. Flesh pale yellowish white, veined, 

 tender, melting, subacid; qiiaiity good; 

 nearlv freestone. Triflora. 



Richland. — Metiium to small, ovalj 

 point eil at both ends; color reddish 

 purple with thin blue bloom; suture not 

 very distinct; stem three-quarters to one 

 inch long, slender, in narrow deep cavity, 

 greenish yellow, juicy, sugary, very good; 

 Flesh freestone ^\■hcn fully ripe. Has proven hardy west of the great 

 lakes. Doniestira. 



Royale Hative (Earli/ /i'oi/a/).— Medium in size, roundish, widest at 

 the base; color light purple, ilotted and streaked with brownish yel- 

 low; bloom blue; stalk hall an inch long, stout, inserted -without 

 cavity. Flesh vello^vi,■^h, rich; high-flavoied, verv good; stone free. 

 Domestica. Finance. 



Russian Mirabelle. — Sn\all, round, flattened at each end; color 

 bright yeflow; suturi' indistinct, but well defined as it passes the apex 



Red June. 



