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MARU. 



Productive and early, but too small and poor in quality to be recommended. 

 Okigin : imported by L. Burbank in 1885. 

 Thee: habit spreading; fairly vigorous; very productive. 



Fhuit : size small; form roundish; cavity narrow, abrupt; stem short and stout; 

 suture scarcely traceable; bright red, turning dark red; bloom thin. 

 Flesh: cling; color yellow; texture tender, juicy; flavor pleasant. 

 Quality: dessert fair; cooking fair. 

 Value : market second class. 

 Season : mid-August. 



MILTON. 



A seedling of Wild Goose ; valuable for its hardiness. 



Origin : Iowa. 



Fruit: size medium; roundish oval, or oblong; color dark red, with numerous dots. 



Flesh : texture meiting, firm. 



Quality: fair. 



Value : market second class. 



Season : a week earlier than Wild Goose. 



MONARCH. 



A profitable commercial variety ; a good shipper. 



Origin : England. 



Tree : a vigorous grower ; habit upright ; an early, regular and abundant bearer ; 

 class Domestica. 



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Monarch. 



Fruit: large; roundish ovat©; color dark pui-pie with heavy bluish bloom; stalk 

 tibout seven-eighths of an inch long, stout, in a moderately deep cavity ; suture broad, 

 shallow. 



Flesh: color yellow; texture firm; flavoi sweet, slightly acid. 



Quality : very good for all purposes. 



Value : market first class. 



Season : late September. 



