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Fruit is frequently large and highly colored with crimson on a 
clear, very pale yellow ground; cavity deep, stem rather short ; 
calyx open, basin wide, somewhat corrugated; good to very 
good in quality. Season, October. 
Everbearing.— //linois Imperial. Received from Benjamin 
Buckman, Farmingdale, Ill., and topworked on bearing tree in 
1888; yielded its first specimens of fruit in 1893, and produced a 
light yield in 1894; fruit medium to large, roundish, oblate ; skin 
smooth, vellow, lightly splashed with red in the sun and sprinkled 
with dots; calyx closed; stem rather short aud slender; both 
cavity and basin are narrow and moderately deep; flesh crisp, 
juicy, sub-acid; good to very good. Began to ripen in 18¥4 
about September 1. 
Excelsior Crab Apple.— A seedling of Wealthy, originated 
by Peter M. Gideon, Excelsior, Minn., from whom it was received 
in 1888. Fruit very large for a crab, nearly as large as a medium- 
sized apple; roundish oblate; stem rather long and slender, some- 
times bracted, and inserted in a narrow, rather shallow cavity ; 
calyx rather large, closed, set in a shallow, broad plaited basin ; 
skin smooth, yellow, sprinkled with numerous russet dots and 
shaded or splashed with red over much of its surface; handsome 
in appearance ; flesh white, not fine grained, firm, juicy, subacid 
with crab apple flavor; good to very good in quality. Begins to 
ripen about the first of September. Tree vigorous, upright, 
spreading. Worthy of testing further. ; 
Gideon.— This variety originated with Peter M. Gideon, 
Excelsior, Minn., from whom it was received in 1888. It was 
grafted on a bearing tree and bore its first fruit in 1892. The 
fruit is medium to large, nearly round ; skin light yellow, without 
blush, waxen or oily to the touch; stem slender, set in a deep, 
irregular cavity; calyx small, closed, segments reflexed; basin 
medium; flesh white, juicy, crisp, nearly sweet, 'eood in flavor 
and quality. Season, October. Tree a good grower. 
Gideon, No. 7—From Peter M. Gideon, Excelsior, Minn. 
Fruit of Oldenburg type, medium or above, roundish, oblate; 
stem slender, set in a deep, rather narrow cavity ; calyx closed, 
segments reflexed, basin moderately wide and deep, somewhat 
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