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SYSTEM. \rjr POMOLOGY 



plants are resistant to disease, very productive; and are adapted 

 to a variety of soils. The berries keep and ship Avell, are attrac- 

 tive in appearance and of hi«jjh dessert quality. Aroma ori^- 

 nated with E. W. Cruse, Leavenworth, Kansas, about 1889. 



Perfect. Plants vigorous, healthy; make runners freely; calyx medium, 

 adherent. Fruit midseason to late, large, globose-conic or short wedge- 

 shaped, firm; bright crimson with light red flesh; mild 

 subacid, core white, solid ; quality good ; seeds prominent. 



746. Campbell (Fig. 288).— Prized for its 

 great productiveness, Campbell is largely 

 grown in New Jersey. The fruits are large, 

 inviting in appearance and taste, very uni- 

 form in shape, and ship particularly well. 

 Campbell w^as introduced by W. B. Kille, 

 Sw^edesboro, New^ Jersey, in 1916. 



Fig. 288. Camp- 

 bell. 



Perfect. Plants very vigorous, healthy, making many 

 runners. Fruit early, medium to large, retain size 

 throughout season; globose to globose-conic; rich 

 crimson color ; flesh firm ; subacid ; quality very good ; seeds large, yellow. 



747. Chesapeake (Fig. 289) has several distinctive characters, 

 chief of which are vigor and healthfulness of plants, and beauty 

 and attractiveness of fruit. The plants do 

 not multiply so rapidly as those of most varie- 

 ties, and therefore should be set thickly. The 

 surface of the berries is characteristic of the 

 variety, being unbroken by furrows or irregu- 

 larities and unusually plump and glossy. The 

 dark red flesh is aromatic, mildly acid, and 

 very good in quality. This variety originated 

 with J. W. Parks, Nanticoke, Maryland, about 

 1904. 



Fig. 



289. Chesa- 

 peake. 



Perfect. Plants few, vigorous, usually healthy but 

 with a tendency to mildew, productive; leaves above 



medium in size, wide, thick, usually branched, semi-erect ; season of bloom 

 late; calyx large, leafy, attractive green, slightly dejjressed. Fruit mid- 

 season or later, easily picked, ships well; berries large, dropping in size as 

 the season advances, round-conic to wedge-shaped, the surface plump, un- 

 broken by furrows or by irregularities, with conical apex which becomes 

 seedy in appearance in the smallest berries, beautiful glossy scarlet; flesh 



