22S SYSTKMATIC P()M()]A)(iY 



Tree vigorous, not large, upright, very hardy, jjroductive. Fruit medium 

 to large; color waxen-white, striped, shaded and niarl)led with light car- 

 mine; flesh white, often stained with red, fin(\ very t(Mnler, pleasant, mild 

 subacid, almost sweet; August or with Yellow Transparent. 



337. Early Strawberry is characterized by fruits with crisp, 

 tender, spri«rlitl.v, aromatic flesh; and hardy, healthy, early- 

 bearing, fruitful trees. The apples are too delicate to ship, so 

 that the variety is not a g:ood general market sort. It was first 

 known in the City of New York, where it probably originated 

 about 1800 or a little later. It is now widely distributed in 

 eastern America. 



Tree medium in size, upright-spreading, hardy, healthy, productive 

 biennially. Fruit medium, uniform in shape and size, oblong-conic or 

 round, regular or somewhat ribbed, sides often unequal; stem long and 

 slender, often clubbed; cavity acute, deep, broad, symmetrical, sometimes 

 with faint radiating rays of russet; small, shallow, narrow, obtuse, fur- 

 rowed; skin thick, tough, smooth, waxy, yellow, covered with rich dark 

 red, mottled and irregularly striped and splashed with deeper red; dots 

 minute, grayish; calyx-tube short, wide, conical with fleshy pistil point 

 projecting into the base; stamens median; core large, axile or abaxile; 

 cells open, sometimes partly closed; core-Hnes meeting; carpels elliptical, 

 concave, emarginate; seeds wide, plump, obtuse, dark brown; flesh yellow 

 often with streaks of red, coarse, crisp, tender, juicy, subacid, aromatic, 

 sprightly; very good; August. 



338. Williams. Williams Early. Williams Red. — Beautiful 

 bright red color and rich agreeable flavor characterize the fruits 

 of AVilliams, but they do not stand shipping well and cannot 

 be kept long. Ordinarily, the apples are large, but with a heavy 

 crop many of them may be small and uneven in size, and they 

 ripen so unevenly that more than one picking is required. The 

 trees are only moderately vigorous, but are healthful and fruit- 

 ful. Williams originated in Roxbury, Massachusetts, about 

 1750 and for a century and a half has been a favorite in New 

 England and the Middle Atlantic states but is losing in popu- 

 larity now. 



Tree small, upright -spreading, dense. Fruit medium or large, oblong- 

 conic or round-conic, broadly ribbed, sides often unequal; stem medium 

 to long, thick; cavity obtuse, shallow, broad, furrowed, sometimes russeted; 



