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stern short, pubescent, inserted in aliruiit. quite deep ciivitv; suture 

 shallow. Flesh yellow, rich; (luality ,noi)d to \'ery f^ood : pit free. It 

 has been so long known as \' ictnria that .i ehan.ne to "Sharj)/' as now 

 sui^Sested, will be difficult to e-;tablish. 



Voronesh Yellow. — Large, egg-shaped, but enlarged and rounded 

 at lower end; suture distinct; stalk three-quarters to one inch long, 

 stout, inserted in narroiv deep cavity. Flesh yellow, close-textured, 

 tender, melting; very good to best; freestone. Ptussia. 



Wangenheim. — Meduim, ovate; color dark blue with heav}' blue 

 bloom; stem slender, short, in shallow eavitj'; sutur(' obscure oi- 

 taint. Flesh yellow, firm, sweet; cpiality good; freestune. (_lro\Mi 

 commercially east of the lakes and in the South. Dom(>stica. 



Washington. — ^'erv large, roundish o^'al ; suture obscure, except near 

 the cavity; color in the interior Ijright yellow, but in moisterscctions with 



Wayliingtmi, 



patches and marbling of green ; stalk three-quarters of an inch long '^et 

 in wide shallow cavity. Flesh yello"w, iirm, sweet; good to ver}' good: 

 freestone; .'-tarred m .several States; across the continent. Domestica. 

 White Nicholas. — Large, regular roundish nblong, ^onu'what trun- 

 cated; color IjIuc with blue bloom; stem short, stunt, in^erted in deep 

 abrupt cavity; suture broad, l)ut shallow. Flesh juicy, rich-flavored, 

 very good. Season, last half of August. Russia. 



