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Catherine Gardette. — Fruit roundish-obovate, some- 

 times obscure pyriform; skin light yellow, with russet 

 dots and markings, with carmine dots to the sun ; stalk 

 an inch long, curved, a little fleshy at its base, inserted in 

 a slight, generally russeted, depression ; calyx small, in a 



Fig. 110. — STERLING. 



narrow basin ; flesh fine, buttery, melting, sweet, and with 

 a delicate perfume. Ripens, Georgia, early in October. 



Sterling — Fruit medium, and varying from oblate to 

 obovate, or obscure pyriform ; skin yellow, with a few 

 russet patches, and a mottled crimson cheek ; stalk medi- 

 um, inserted in a slightly plaited cavity; calyx small, 

 open, in a medium basin ; flesh somewhat coarse, juicy, 

 melting, with a sugary, brisk flavor. Ripens, Georgia, 



