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THE APPLE. 



Fruit small, roundisli, oblate, greenisli, with a brown tinge. Flesh 

 crisp, juicy, pleasant. December and January. (Ron.) 



American Summer Pearsiain. 

 Early Summer Pearmaiu. 



A rich, highly-flavored fruit, much esteemed where it is known. It 

 appears to be quite difierent from the Summer Pearmain (of the English), 

 and is probably a seedling raised from it. It ripens gradually from the 

 tenth of August to the last of September. Tree moderately vigorous, 

 with slender branches, round-headed. Young shoots dull reddish-brown. 



Fruit of medium size, oblong, widest at the crown, and tapering slight- 

 ly to the eye. Skin red, spotted with yeUow in the shade, but streaked 



American Summer Pearmain. 



with livelier red and yellow on the sunny side. Stalk three-fourths of 

 an inch long, and pretty deeply inserted. Eye deeply sunk. Calyx 

 closed. Segments short, erect. Basin abrupt, slightly corrugated. Flesh 

 yellow; remarkably tender, with a rich and pleasant flavor, and often 

 bursts in falling from the tree. Quality best. Core medium. 



Ananas. 



Bother Ananas. Bromelia Ananas. 



Tree vigorous, productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish, yellow, streaked with bright red in the sun, 

 brown spots in shade. Stalk long, slender. Cavity deep, open. Calyx 



