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ately young and is a fairly reliable cropper. The fruit is 

 of good market quality, but if not well thinned there is 

 likely to be considerable loss in low grade fruit. The fruit 

 is medium to large. Its skin is yellow, faintly shaded with 

 red and in the case of highly colored specimens the fruit 

 has a pinkish-red blush. The variety is not important 

 commercially.^ 



Collins. 



The Collins originated about 1865 near Fayetteville, 

 Arkansas, and has only recently been introduced to com- 

 mercial growers. It is grown considerably as a commercial 

 variety in northwestern Arkansas, but is not generally 

 recognized in any other district. The tree is a good 

 grower, hardy, and has a reputation of being productive. 

 The fruit is large, of excellent keeping quality and is in 

 season from January to June. The flesh is white, rather 

 coarse, only moderately juicy, and rather lacking in flavor. 

 Highly colored specimens are bright, dark red, with a 

 contrasting clear yellow ground color. The Collins has 

 some attractive market qualities, but is not generally 

 recommended for commercial planting. There seems no 

 doubt that Ben Davis is a more worthy and reliable crop- 

 per and is of equal market quality. Collins does not bid 

 fair to displace any other commercial variety. 



Pumpkin Sweet {Pound Sweet). 



Pumpkin Sweet, more commonly known as Pound 

 Sweet, is one of the best known, easiest grown and most 

 attractive of the sweet varieties. It originated in Con- 

 necticut and has been known in New York for about three- 



