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sandy soils, being a native of the banks of the Delaware. It is 
also very popular at the West. . 
Fruit of medium size, flat. Skin smooth, yellowish white in 
the shade, streaked and marbled with pale yellow and red in the 
sun, and speckled with large rough dots: Stalk long, rather 
slender, curved to one side, and deeply planted in a smooth, fun- 
nel-like cavity. Calyx closed, set in a broad basin, which is 
slightly plaited around it. Flesh greenish white, very tender, 
with a rich, sprightly, sub-acid flavour. October to December. 
Rep Russet. 
Origin, farm of-Mr. Sanborn, Hampton Falls, N. H. Tree 
very vigorous and productive. 
Fruit large, roundish, conic. Skin yellow, shaded with dull red 
and deep carmine in the sun, and thickly covered with grey dots, 
with a slight appearance of rough russet on most of the surface. 
Stalk rather short and thick, inserted in a medium cavity, sur- 
rounded with thin russet. Calyx nearly closed; segments long, 
recurved,in a narrow, uneven basin. Flesh yellow, solid, crisp, 
tender, with an excellent, rich, sub-acid flavour, somewhat resem- 
bling Baldwin, January to April. 
Red Canada. 
Rep CanapA. 
Old Nonsuch, of Mose. 
Richfield Nonsuch. 
Steels Red, Winter, of Mich. 
An old fruit, formerly much grown in Connecticut and Masser 
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