DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES 



ALEXANDER. (Emperor Alexander.) 



Flesh : y e 1 - 

 lowish white ; 

 crisp, not very 

 fine, moderately 

 juicy ;, , flavor 

 subacid, pleas- 

 ant. 



Quality: des- 

 sert, fair ; cook- 

 ing, good. 



Value : home 

 market, first 

 class ; can be 

 successful ly 

 shipped to Great 

 Britain in cold 

 storage. 



Season : Sep- 

 tember to Nov- 

 ember. 



Adaptation : 

 quite general, 

 the tree being 

 hardv. 



Origin: intro- 

 duced into Eng- 

 land from Rus- 

 sia in 1817. 



Thee : hardy, 

 spreading, vig- 

 orous, produc- 

 tive; bears early. 



Fbuit : very 

 large size ; form 

 round, ovate, 

 conical ; skin 

 greenish yellow, 

 russet dote, 

 streaked or 

 splashed with 

 red; stem | inch 

 long, set in a 

 deep cavity; 

 calyx large, 

 nearly closed, 

 set in a deep, 

 even basin. 



Alexander. 



Section of Alexander. 



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