Core small, turbinate, regular, clasping; Seeds few, angular imperfect; Flesh yellowish white, breaking, coarse-grained, juicy; Flavor acid to sub-acid, rich; Quality good to very good; Use, kitchen, market, drying; Season, September, October.
Early Pennock.
SHAKER YELLOW—HOMONY, of the South?
Fig. 216.—EARLY PENNOCK.
Origin unknown. Tree thrifty, upright, early bearer, productive, not long-lived.
Fruit large, variable in form, being sometimes oval, and conical, averaging roundish-conic, regular, handsome, sometimes inclined in the axis; Surface smooth, yellow, partially covered with mixed and striped scarlet, splashed carmine—often the yellow prevails; Dots numerous, dark.
Basin shallow, plaited or regular; Eye small, closed.
Cavity deep, regular, brown; Stem medium or short.