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Repoet of the Horticulturist of the 
tttttt- Fruit yellow. 
No. 58. YELLOW PEAR-SHAPED, Burr. 
Syn. Pear- Shaped Yellow, Sib., '83; Thor., '87: Yellow Fig, Burr; Greg., 
'83, '87. 
Scarcely differs from the Pear-shaped except in the color of the 
fruit, which is bright clear yellow instead of scarlet. 
No. 59. YELLOW PLUM, Burr; Thor., '83, '87. 
Differs from the Yellow Pear-shaped chiefly in having oval rather 
than pyriform fruit. 
b. Leaflets few and very large, never pinnate, nearly or 
quite entire. (Sub-var. grandifolium.') 
%. Fruit deep scarlet. 
§. Outline angular or corrugated. 
No. 60. BROAD-LEAVED DWARF, Thor., '83. 
Syn. Keye's Early Prolific, Greg., '83. 
Fruit medium to small, produced in clusters of 2 to 6; strongly 
oblate; outline usually more or less angular, sometimes corrugated; 
cavity shallow, very little furrowed; basin wanting in the more regu- 
lar fruits; cells 4 to 7; flesh rather firm; — plant moderately vigorous; 
foliage very similar to that of the Mikado; — season very early. 
%%. Fruit purplish red. s 
§. Outline angular or corrugated. 
No. 61. MIKADO, Hen., '86; Thor., '87. 
Syn. Turner's Hybrid, Thor., '87. 
Fruit large to very large; strongly oblate; outline often strongly 
corrugated; cavity deep, broad, distinctly, often deeply furrowed; 
basin shallow, irregular, often much fissured and distorted; cells 
numerous, small; flesh thick, moderately firm, center very well filled; — 
plant vigorous; foliage pale green; leaves never 2-pinnate; leaflets 
rarely more than 5, oblong cordate, rarely equal at the base, surface 
strongly blistered, more or less waved; calyx lobes as long as the 
corolla. 
