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Nouveau Poiteau. Large, pyriform-pyramidal, crown broad, 

 neck narrow, tapering ; skin dark green, brownish red 

 spots and blotches to the sun; flesh melting, juicy, rich, 

 vinous ; somewhat variable. Late autumn. Tree vigor- 

 ous, great bearer. Belgian. 



Sheldon. Large, roundish obovate, very obtuse ; skin pale 

 green russet ; stalk short, stout ; flesh juicy, rich and of 

 fine flavor. Wayne county, N. Y. Ripens mid-autumn. 



The Soldat Laboreur. A Belgian pear, resembling the 

 Beurre Diel, ripening about mid-winter ; a high flavored 

 and rich pear, the tree fine and vigorous. 



PEACHES. 



Fay's Early Ann. This is a new seedling from the Early 

 Ann, glandular-leaved, hardy, and of free growth, ripen- 

 ing with the Tillotson, and nearly or quite equal to it in 

 size, and of fine flavor. It is quite productive. Origin, 

 Chautauque county, N. Y. 



PLUMS. 



Gen. Hand. One of the largest yellow piums known. 

 Form roundish-oval, skin deep golden yellow, stalk long; 

 flesh moderately juicy, not high flavored, free from the 

 stone ; shoots nearly smooth. Eipe first of autumn. 

 Origin, Maryland. 



CHERRIES. 



Gov. Wood. A large, heart-shaped, tender-fleshed fruit, of 

 the highest quality, very productive, and quite early, 

 ripening before the Black Tartarian. The best of Dr. 

 Kirtland's seedlings, raised at Cleveland, Ohio — known 

 formerly as Elliott's No. 10. 



Champagne. Size medium, heart-shaped, light red, stalk 

 in'a rather flat cavity, flesh amber-colored, with a min- 

 gling of sweet and acid; valuable for its hardiness and 

 uniform productiveness. Raised by C. Downing, New- 

 burgh, N. Y. 



