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REPORT ON THE 



No. 24 



MAUTHA 



A hybrid crab. 



Origin: by Peter M. Gideon, Excelsior, Minnesota. 



Fruit : large, oblate, very regular ; surface smooth, yellow, almost entirely covered with a 

 beautiful bright red, with a bluish bloom, no stripes or splashes; dots w-hite, conspicuous; 

 cavity wide, regular ; stem long ; basin very wide, nearly fiat ; segments often nearly obsolete 

 core closed. 



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Section of Makih.v 



M.iRTHA. 



Flesh: yellowish white, acid ; good for culinary use. 

 Season : early to mid September. 



