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Pelham Sweet. 

 Green Sweet. 



From Massachusetts. Tree a fair grower and good bearer. 



Fruit below medium, roundish oblate conic, greenish, sometimes 

 shaded with red in sun, splashes and patches of russet. Stalk short. 

 Calyx closed. Flesh yellowish, moderately tender, sweet. Good. Core 

 small. December to March. 



Pennington's Seedling. 



An English fruit of medium size, nearly flat, a little angular, mostly 

 covered with rough yellow russet, with a little pale brown in the sun. 

 Flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, with a brisk acid juice. Hardly good. 

 November to March. 



Pennock. 



Pomme Eoye. Big Romanite. Red Pennock 



Large Romanite. Neisley's Winter Penick. Pennock's Red Winter. 

 Prolific Beauty. Pelican Gay's Romanite. 



Roman Knight. Red Ox. 



Origin, Pennsylvania. Tree a strong, vigorous, upright spreading 

 grower, and very productive. 



Fruit quite large, oblique, generally flat, but occasionally roundish 

 oblong, fine deep red, with faint, indistinct streaks of yellow. Flesh 

 yellow, tender, and juicy, with a pleasant half sweet flavor. Good. 

 November to March. 



Pennsylvania Sweet. 

 Pennsylvania Sweeting. 



Origin unknown. 



Fruit large, oblong, greenish yellow. Flesh tender, fine-grained, 

 very sweet. Good. Early winter. (Warder.) 



Pennsylvania Wine Sap. 



Origin unknown. 



Fruit large, conical oblate, truncated, yellow, blushed, very little 

 splashed. Flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, subacid. Good. De- 

 cember, January. (Warder.) 



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People's Choice. 

 Melt-in-the-Mouth of some. 



A Pennsylvania fruit. Tree moderately vigorous, upright. Young 

 shoots grayish reddish brown. 



Fruit medium, oblate, inclining to conic. Color red, sometimes 

 obscurely striped, thickly sprinkled with large whitish dots of peculiar 

 appearance. Flesh yellowish, firm, juicy, brisk, rich subacid. Good. 

 December to March. 



