Tree medium in size and vigor, spreading, hardy, very productive; trunk stocky; branches thick, zigzag, reddish-brown mingled with gray scarf-skin, marked with small lenticels; branchlets with short internodes, reddish-brown, dull, smooth, glabrous, with numerous raised, conspicuous lenticels. Leaf-buds medium to large, long, conical or pointed, free. Leaves 3 in. long, 1-1/8 in. wide, elongated-oval, leathery; apex taper-pointed; margin varies from crenate to serrate; petiole 1-1/2 in. long, slender. Flower-buds conical or pointed, free; flowers open late, 1-3/4 in. across, 6 or 7 buds in a cluster; pedicels 7/8 in. long, rather slender, lightly pubescent, greenish. Fruit ripe late November to early January; medium in size, 2-1/4 in. long, about 2-1/4 in. wide, uniform in size and shape, roundish-obovate to obtuse-obovate-pyriform, quite symmetrical except for the unequal sides; stem 1-3/8 in. long, thick, curved; cavity obtuse, shallow, narrow, russeted, gently furrowed, occasionally lipped; calyx large, open; lobes separated at the base, short, broad, acute; basin shallow, obtuse, lightly furrowed, symmetrical; skin thick, tender, roughened with much russet, dull; color yellow with a tinge of green, dotted with grayish-russet and with many russet streaks and patches on the exposed cheek which is usually blushed with bright red; dots numerous, small, russet, conspicuous; flesh yellowish-white, quite granular at the center and underneath the skin, tender and melting, buttery, very juicy, sweet, aromatic; quality very good. Core large, closed, axile, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube short, wide, conical; seeds large, wide, long, plump, acute. [Illustration: WORDEN SECKEL] WORDEN SECKEL =1.= _Rural N. Y._ =50=:888, figs. 326 and 327. 1891. =2.= Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 465, fig. 675. 1897. =3.= _Franklin Davis Nur. Cat._ 23. 1901. =4.= Budd-Hansen _Am. Hort. Man._ =2=:268. 1903. =5.= Banker _Cat._ 19. 1915. _Worden._ =6.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 41. 1909.