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SYSTJIMATIC POMOLOGY 



color greenish white. Flej:=h Hwcet, tender, juicy, mild acid, good to 

 very fjood. Is quite extensively grown, but generally needs spraying 

 for mildew. England. 



■\\ hite Eacle. Whitesmith. 



Whitesmith. — ]\Iediuni to large, nearly round, smooth; color pale 

 3'ellowisli green. This has given the most profitable crops in the 

 relativel)' dry air of Colorarhj and Utah, l)ut it is grown widely by 

 spraying. European. 



TH1-: CRANBERRY. 



Section 280 of Part I gives an "utline of cranberry culture in the 

 States. Although a native wild fruit, it may be said that it has 

 become as much of a staiile in every grocery of the States as the 

 apple or orange. The larg(> cranberrj' {^'accilnum macrocarpon) is 

 now cultivated on tliousunds (if acres of sandy swampy land, not 



