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autumn. Growth, strong and upright, shoots dark. 

 English. 



Cooper. Eather large, round-ohlate, sides unequal, greenish 

 yellow and pale red ; stalk slender, deep set ; basin deep ; 

 flesh crisp, juicy, pleasant, but not very high flavor , Mid- 

 autumn. Cultivated in central Ohio. 



Cornish Aromatic. Medium in size, roundish, angular ; 

 rich red on a pale russet ground ; stalk short, cavity 

 deep ; calyx small, basin narrow ; flesh yellow, sub-acid, 

 aromatic ; quality fine, but the fruit not fair. Late 

 autumn. English. 



Doctor. (Syn. De Witt.) Medium in size, or large; regu- 

 lar, oblate ; yellow, clouded and streaked with red ; stalk 

 and calyx deep set ; flesh breaking, tender, aromatic, 

 brisk, fine flavor. Late autumn and early winter. Suc- 

 ceeds well in Pennsylvania and Ohio ; less esteemed 

 further north. Origin, Pennsylvania. 



Dutckess of Olderiburgh. Medium or rather large, roundish, 

 a little flattened at the ends ; light red in broad broken 

 stripes and splashes on yellow ground ; stem short, in an 

 acuminate cavity; basin deep and narrow; flesh yellowish 

 white, sub-acid, second rate, very handsome. Good for 

 cooking. Early autumn. Shoots dark, ascending. 



English Summer Pearmain. (Syn. Autumn Pearmain, 

 Summer Pearmain.) Size, medium ; roundish, slightly 

 oblong-conical ; streaked and shaded with light dull red ; 

 stalk short ; basin broad, shallow, slightly plaited ; 

 moderately juicy, rich, high flavored. Growth slender, 

 slow, becoming somewhat irregular. Early autumn. 

 Distinct from the American Summer Pearmain, and from 

 the Winter Pearmain. With the latter, this has been 

 confounded, the name Autumn Pearmain having been 

 applied to both. 



Fameuse. (Syn. Pomme de Neige.) Medium in size, 

 round, often oblate, even ; handsomely striped and 

 blotched with fine deep red on whitish ground, — where 

 much exposed, a deep, nearly uniform red; stalk three- 

 fourths of an inch long, slender, cavity small; basin 



