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Champion. 1. Jour. Roy. Hort. Soc. 2g:Lll. 1904-05. 



Received the Award of Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1904. Plants 

 vigorous; fruit large, bluntly round, borne in large clusters, dark red, very sweet. 



Champlain. i. Am. Card. 11:141. 1S90. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 63:690. 1893. 



Said by J. T. Macomber, Grand Isle, Vermont, to be a chance seedling found in his 

 father's garden about 1880. It was introduced in 1892 by EUwanger & Barry, Rochester, 

 New York. Plants vigorous, productive, with a tendency for the bark to split and curl; 

 prickles numerous and small; fruit medium to large, pale yellow, soft, juicy, nearly sweet, 

 excellent in flavor; quality best. 



Charles the Bold. i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 111:15. 1894. 



One of Charles Arnold's hybrids, Paris, Ontario, sent out in 1877. 



Chilische. i. Dochnahl Filhr. Obstkiutde 4:8^. i860. 



Described as coming from ChiU. Known in gardens but seldom esteemed. Plants 

 vigorous, tall, very productive; prickles few; fruit very large, short-ovate, dark red, very 

 aromatic. 



Christine, i. Rural N. Y. 45:640. 1886. 



Sent to the experiment grounds of the Rural New-Yorker in 1886 by E. P. 

 Roe. Plants not hardy; fruit large, conical; good; late. 



Citizen. Occidentalis x Strigosus. i. Card Bush-Fr. 179. 1898. 



A cross between Gregg and Cuthbert, originated by William Saunders, London, 

 Ontario. Very productive. Considered promising at first but less so later. 



Clarke, i. Horticulturist 17:378. 1862. 2. A". Y. Sta. Bui. 63:681. 1893. 



Raised from seed by E. E. Clarke, New Haven, Connecticut, about 1857. Considered 

 as more resistant to heat and cold and better adapted to a light sandy soil than others of 

 its class. It was placed in the fruit catalog of the American Pomological Society in 1869 

 where it still remains. Plants vigorous, strong, upright, branching, very productive; 

 suckers ntunerous; prickles few, whitish; foliage large and thick; fruit large, roundish 

 conical, bright crimson, sweet, rich, highly flavored; very good. 



Cline. I. A^. Y. Sta. Bui. 63:681. 1893. 



A chance seedling received at this Station in 1893 from G. W. Cline, Winona, Ontario. 

 Plants moderately vigorous, medium in height, healthy, hardy, unproductive ; fruit below 

 medium in size; drupelets medium to large, firm, sweet, dark red; quality fair; season 

 short, very early. 



Cluster. I, Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 27. 1897. 



Originated in Oregon. Listed in the catalog of the American Pomological Society in 

 1897. Recommended for cultivation in Oregon and Washington. 



Cole Prolific, i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 111:15. 1894. 



A chance seedling foimd growing wild on the farm of R. D. Cole, Port Dalhousie, 

 Ontario, and cultivated by him. 



