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Vines coarse, with many runners and poorly suiterl for scoop-picking; 

 foliage rather dark green; about as productive as Harly Black, averaging 

 5'^ barrels to the acre. P^uit late, ripening about October T), on Cape Cod; 

 large, oO-OO berries 1o the half-pint, uniform rounrl ; uniformly red, becom- 

 ing dark red when very ripe; with four rather prominent ridges forming a 

 rough cross; flesh rather thin ])ut extra fine in table quality; seeds 14-26. 



733. Centreville. — This variety is described by all as produc- 

 ing fruit that is particularly handsome, of extra fine flavor, and 

 as very desirable for the fancy trade of eastern and central 

 markets. Notwithstanding its fine fruit, Centreville is grown 

 only in a limited way in IMassachusetts and New Jerse}', and 

 scarcely at all in Wisconsin. Chipman and Matthews are very 

 similar in vine and fruit but hardly as desirable. The variety 

 originated with T. Fuller, Centreville, Massachusetts, about 

 1882. 



Vines coarse with many runners; yielding about 55 barrels to the acre; 

 poorly suited for scoop-picking. Leaves dark green in the summer; very 

 similar to those of Howes. Fruit late, ripening in Massachusetts about 

 October 5; berries very large, 60-90 to the half -pint cup; elongated with 

 both ends conical; uniform in size and shape; medium red, becoming dark 

 red; fruits coloring poorly in storage; not easy to clean, and do not keep 

 or ship well; table quality superior; seeds 9-13. 



734. Chipman (Fig. 278).— The fruits of Chipman are of 

 bugle shape, similar to those of Centreville. 

 The berries are of extra fine flavor, and ready 

 for shipment after October 20. The quantity 

 grown is small, and the variety is compara- 

 tively unimportant. The origin of Chipman 



Fig. 278. Chipman. ^^^^^^ j^^^ to be known. 



735. Early Black (Fig. 279) is the standard early cranberry 

 in Massachusetts and New Jersey. Early in the season the 

 crop is sold as Early Black; but the berries 



keep so well that cranberry dealers find it profit- /^f^^^^^^^^^^"^ 



able to call it Late Red during the last of the r,/ — \ (^~\\ 



season. The fruit is very suitable for long- W \\ J j 



distance shipment. The variety is rather sus- Wvj, L^ / 



ceptible to the fruit-worm. It seems to have ^v__.^,,^.^^^ 



originated about 1835 with Capt. Cyrus Ca- 



^ n n 1 1, Fig. 279. Early 



noon a Lape Lod cranberry-grower. Black 



