Leaves six inches long, one and one-half inches wide, folded
upward, oval to obovate-lanceolate; upper surface dark green,
smooth becoming slightly rugose along the midrib; lower
surface light grayish-green; margin sharply serrate, tipped
with reddish-brown glands; petiole seven-sixteenths inch long,
glandless.
Flower-buds conical or pointed, heavily pubescent, free;
blossoms open very late; flowers seven-eighths inch across,
pale pink, the edges darker; pedicels short, glabrous,
green; calyx-tube reddish-green, yellow within, campanulate;
calyx-lobes short, narrow, acute or obtuse, glabrous within,
pubescent without; petals roundish-oval, broadly notched,
tapering to short claws of medium width, sometimes stained with
red at the base; filaments three-eighths inch long, shorter
than the petals; pistil pubescent at the ovary, longer than the
stamens.
Fruit matures in early mid-season; two inches long, two and
one-fourth inches wide, roundish to nearly oblate, somewhat
oblique, with unequal halves; cavity shallow, flaring, with
tender skin, often tinged with red; suture shallow, extending
beyond the tip; apex variable in shape, with mucronate or
sometimes mamelon tip; color pale white or creamy-white,
blushed and mottled with carmine; pubescence thin, short;
skin tough, adherent to the pulp until fully ripe; flesh
white, rayed with red near the pit, juicy, stringy, tender and
melting, mild subacid; good in quality; stone nearly free, over
one inch long, three-fourths inch wide, oval, plump, flattened
at the base, short-pointed at the apex, with pitted surfaces
marked by few grooves; ventral suture narrow, with furrows of
medium depth along the sides; dorsal suture deeply grooved.
EDGEMONT
=1.= Harrison & Sons _Cat._ 18. 1901.
_Edgemont Beauty._ =2.= Barnes Bros. _Cat._ 7. 1910. =3.= _Md.
Sta. Bul._ =159=:159. 1911. =4.= Stark Bros. _Cat._ 35. 1913.
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