Fruit full medium, cylindrical, regular; Surface yellow, vein-russeted; Dots numerous, minute.
Basin abrupt, folded; Eye large, closed.
Cavity wide, regular, green; Stem long, curved.
Core small, pyriform, closed, meeting the eye; Seeds numerous, plump, brown; Flesh yellow, firm, breaking, very fine-grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic, spicy, rich, refreshing; Quality very best; Use, dessert, too good for aught else; those who have tried it say that it is excellent for cooking; Season, January to March.
Kirkbridge White.
Fig. 275.—KIRKBRIDGE WHITE.
This fruit has been pretty extensively cultivated in some parts of the Western States, and sometimes mistaken for the Yellow June. Tree of moderate growth, bears early, productive.
Fruit small, oblong-conic, regular; Surface smooth, pale yellow or white; Dots minute, gray, scattered.
Basin small, shallow or abrupt, narrow, regular; Eye small, closed; Segments reflexed.