Raised from seed of Duchess of Oldenburg by George P. Pepper, of
Pewaukee, Wis., who sends us specimens, and writes that the tree is
strong and vigorous, center upright, very spreading, an annual bearer,
and one of the hardiest and best for the Northwest; young shoots dark,
brownish red. Fruit medium to large, roundish oblate, skin bright
yellow, striped, splashed and mottled with light and dark red over most
of the surface, covered with a thin greenish bloom, and many large and
small light dots, a few being aureole; stalk short, small; cavity small;
calyx closed; basin medium, slightly corrugated; flesh white, a little
coarse, breaking, half tender; juicy, subacid, slightly aromatic; good;
core small. January to May.