152 VARIETIES 



SYNOPSIS OF THE VARIETIES. 



Class I. Flesh free and light colored. 



Section I. Leaves without glands. 



A. Flowers large. 



Magdalen of Courson. Fruit below the medium size; suture deep on one side. Whitish; 



cheek red. 

 Early York. Fruit of the medium size ; suture slight ; in the shade greenish white and dotted 



red ; dark red in the sun. 

 Noblesse. Full medium size ; narrowed and pointed at the' apex. 

 Sweet Water. Fruit of the medium size. Flesh tinged reddish at the pit or stone. 

 Early Ann. Fruit below the medium size; stone smoother than common. Flesh faintly tinged 



red. Unprofitable. 

 Double Mountain. Fruit of the medium size ; rounded and narrowed at the apex. 

 Malta. Rather above the medium size ; suture wide and shallow. 

 White Nutmeg. Small, oval ; suture deep ; nearly white. 



B. Flowers small. 



Early Tillotson. Fruit of the medium size ; suture deep. Dotted with red on a white 



ground. 

 Red Rareripe. Rather above the medium size ; suture wide, passing nearly round the fruit. 

 Royal George. Large ; suture deep at the apex. Color whitish and thickly dotted. 

 Emperor of Russia. Large ; unsymmetrical. 

 Royal Charlotte. Large; suture moderate. Feshpale; red at the stone. 



Section II. Leaves with globose glands 



A. Flowers large. 



Astor. Fruit large ; apex depressed, suture distinct. Color white, with a red cheek. 



Clinton. Fruit of the medium size ; suture nearly obsolete 



Grosse Mignone. Large ; apex depressed ; suture deep. 



Early Admirable. Fruit of the medium size ; round and white, or nearly so. 



Acton Scott. Fruit of the medium size ; suture shallow. Skin white and rather woolly. 



B. Flowers small. 

 Bellegarde. Fruit of the medium size ; suture shallow; apex projecting. 

 George the Fourth. Fruit large; suture deep and wide. Slightly red at the stone. 

 Large Early York. Fruit large. White in the shade and dotted ; cheek red in the sun. 

 Cole's Early Red. Fruit of the medium size ; suture small. Skin mottled with red. 

 Cooledge's Favorite. Fruit of the medium size ; suture distinct at the apex. 



Morris' Red Rareripe. Fruit large, roundish ; suture moderate. 



