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DESCBIFnONS OF APPLBB. 



Fruit small, oblong-conic, regular; Surface smooth, 

 pale yellow or white ; Dots minute, gray, scattered. 



Basin small, shallow or abrupt, narrow, regular ; Eye 

 small, closed ; Segments reflexed. 



Cavity deep, acute, regular, brown ; Stem long, slender, 

 green. 



Core medium, pyriform, regular, open, meeting the eye ; 

 Seeds numerous, plump, pointed, brown; Flesh white, 

 fine-grained, tender, juicy; Flavor sub-acid ; Quality very 

 good I Use, table, market ; Season, July, August, after 

 Early Harvest. 



Fig. 276.— ORTUET. 



