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basin small in the more regular fruits, with a rather large russet spot 
at the bottom, ringed and fissured, often much distorted in the larger 
fruits; cells numerous, but usually small; flesh very thick, center 
remarkably well filled; firm: — plant extremely vigorous ; foliage deep, 
dull, grayish green, leaflets broad, strongly blistered, deeply cut; 
calyx segments nearly or quite as long as corolla; — season very late. 
No. 39. KOCHESTEB, Sib., '83, '85, '87. 
Syn. Rochester Favorite, Greg., '87. 
Fruit scarcely distinguishable from that of the Mikado; — plant 
rather vigorous; leaves usually two-pinnate in the lower half; leaflets 
little blistered, rather remote, on rather long petioles, deeply cut, with 
rather sharp segments; — season medium. 
Introduced by Hiram Sibley & Co. in 1883. 
§§. Outline regular or nearly so. 
No. 40. ACME, Hen.; Thor., '87; Veg. Gar.; Vil. 
Syn. Apple-Shaped, VEG. GAR. : Early Acme, Liv., '86: Hovey, Thor., 
'87: Jones' Early Hybrid, Ev., '85: Livingston 's Acme, Greg., '85: Fr., 
Tomate pomme violette, VIL. 
Fruit medium, oblate, inclining to hemispherical; cavity shallow, 
usually slightly furrowed; basin usually none; skin very thin and del- 
icate; cells 3 to 7; flesh very firm, ripens uniformly; — plant mode- 
rately vigorous ; leaves largely 2-pinnate, leaflets thin; calyx segments 
a little shorter than the corolla. 
An early variety, introduced by Mr. A. W. Livingston, of Des Moines, 
la. Its purplish color and somewhat harsh flavor are objected to by 
some; its thin skin does not bear shipping long distances and late in 
the season the fruits become rather small. But despite these faults 
it continues to be very popular in many localities. 
No. 41. BURPEE'S CLIMAX, Burpee, '86. 
Fruit of the size, form and regular outline of the Livingston's 
Favorite, but of the purplish red color of the Acme ; — plant mode- 
rately vigorous ; — season medium. 
No. 42. CRITERION, Greg., '83, '87; Veo. Gar.; Vil. 
Fruit small, averaging about 2 J in. in diameter in both directions; 
obscurely cylindrical; outline regular or slightly angular; cavity 
very slight, often obscurely furrowed; basin wanting, the center 
marked only by a minute dot; cells usually 3 or 4; flesh very thick, 
