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Eeport of the Horticulturist of the 
angular, often deeply corrugated; cavity medium, often very deeply 
furrowed; basin wanting; in the smaller fruits the center is marked by 
a very small spot, in the larger ones it is often very irregular; cells 4 
to many, often not filled by the seeds; flesh thick, soft, center not well 
filled; — plant not vigorous, very spreading, foliage much shriveled; 
older leaves often twice-pinnate in the lower half; leaflets not much 
cut, segments rather rounded than pointed; calyx segments nearly or 
quite as long as corolla. 
One of the earliest varieties, but aside from this is without merit. 
No. 17. HUNDRED DAY, Thor., '83, '87. 
Resembles Hubbard's Curled Leaf, but the fruit averages rather 
smaller; the plant is decidedly less vigorous, and the leaflets narrower 
and more closely set; very strongly shriveled, and late in the season 
much blighted; calyx segments half to three-fourths as long as the 
corolla. Like the Hubbard's Curled Leaf, it has no merit except its 
great earliness. 
No. 18. ORANGEFIELD, Greg., '83. 
Syn. Dwarf Orangefield, Sib., '87. 
Fruit small, averaging about 2 in. in diameter; roundish or 
slightly oblate, sometimes inclining to conic; outline somewhat angu- 
lar, the surface presenting 2 or 3 rather obscure longitudinal furrows, 
corresponding to the number of cells; cavity very slight, scarcely fur- 
rowed; basin wanting; flesh thick, moderately firm; — plant very vig- 
orous, leaves usually 2-pinnate; segments of leaflets very bluntly 
pointed; calyx segments as long as corolla; — season medium. 
The fruit detaches very easily, with the calyx and a short section of 
the stem. 
No. 19. PRECURSOR, b. m. & co., '84. 
Syn. Early Richmond, Land., '85, '87. 
Fruit medium to large; rather strongly oblate; outline angular, 
often corrugated; cavity deeply furrowed; basin usually very slight^ 
the center often marked by a mere russet spot; in the larger fruits 
ringed, fissured, and often extremely irregular; cells 5 or 6, some- 
times many, rather large; flesh moderately firm, the center not well 
filled; — plant not vigorous; foliage dull, slightly grayish green; 
leaves often 2-pinnate in the lower half, calyx lobes as long as corolla. 
Early, but otherwise without merit. 
