The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . pyramidal. Young shoots — vigorous, dark brown, darker than the Seckel. Leaves—dark green, above medium size, finely serrated, and remarkably persistent. Fruit—medium size, two to two and a half inches long and one and a half to two inches wide,pyramidal, tapering regularly to the stalk. Skin — dull yellow, becoming clear at fullmaturity, with a dark red cheek. Stalk—nearly two inches long, rather slender, andinserted Avithout depression. Calyx—large, open, in a shallow basin. Flesh — fine-grained, melting, sweet, and aromatic, like
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . pyramidal. Young shoots — vigorous, dark brown, darker than the Seckel. Leaves—dark green, above medium size, finely serrated, and remarkably persistent. Fruit—medium size, two to two and a half inches long and one and a half to two inches wide,pyramidal, tapering regularly to the stalk. Skin — dull yellow, becoming clear at fullmaturity, with a dark red cheek. Stalk—nearly two inches long, rather slender, andinserted Avithout depression. Calyx—large, open, in a shallow basin. Flesh — fine-grained, melting, sweet, and aromatic, like the Seckel. Ripens from the middle to theend of August; should be picked ten days to a fortnight before maturity. Last sum-mer our best specimens Avere gathered on the 14th of August, and eaten on the succeeds particularly Avell on the Quince, judging from trees of seven or eight yearsgrowth. This variety appears to us to be a cross between the Madeleine and theSeckel; it has the form of the first, Avith the color and somcAvhat of the
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