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King Edward's. Color, yellow ; form, pyriform; size, 

 1 ; use, table; texture, buttery; quality, 2; season, October. 



KIETLAND PEAE. Color, crimson russet; form, 

 globular, ovate ; size, 2 ;. use, table ; texture, juicy ; qual- 

 ity, 1 ; season, September. Succeeds well on quince. 



Eemarks. — Texture, fine, melting, juicj- and rich. Fla- 

 vor, aromatic, sweet, and in the highest degree delicious. 

 Tree hardy and productive. Obtained from the seed of 

 Seckel. Eaised by Dr. Kirtland, of Cleveland, Ohio, a good 

 pomologist, a man of very scientific attainments, and of 

 versatile talents. Dr. Kirtland has been most success- 

 ful in raising very valuable and delicious cherries from 

 the seed (which will be noticed in the j)roper place), as 

 well as some other fine seedling fruits. He is always 

 indefatigable in the pursuits of horticulture and science. 

 (See Appendix, p. 90.) 



Knight's Monarch^ Color, yellowish brown ; form, 

 obovate oblate ; size, 1 ; use, table ; texture, melting, 

 juicy; quality, 2 ; season, December. 



Eemarks. — Of a somewhat musty flavor. Eequires 

 high cultivation. Eather similar in shape, to the Flemish 

 Beauty, or Belle de Flandres, but a little larger. This is 

 the fruit, some spurious trees of which he having been the 

 means of distributing, Mr. Knight stated that he would 

 rather have lost ten thousand pounds than have done so. 



Knight's Seedling. Color, yellowish green, with a 

 brownish red cheek ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, juicy, 

 sweet ; quality, 2 ; season, September. 



Eemarks. — From Cranstown, Ehode Island. "A beau- 

 tiful and excellent fruit." — A. H. Ermt. Tree vigorous 

 and produces early. 



