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A chance seedling found in 1910 by R. P. Lovett, Fallsington, Pennsylvania. Imper- 

 fect. In the Station beds, plants very few, medium in vigor, healthy, productive if planted 

 closely, healthy; flowers late; fruit-stems short, thick, prostrate; fruit large, drops in size, 

 round-conic, distinctly necked, attractive medium red, medium in juiciness and firmness, 

 pleasantly sprightly, with red flesh; good; midseason. May have value as a sprightly 

 variety but must be planted closely to secure a large yield. 



Ida. I. Card. Mon. 8:184. 1866. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 990. 1869. 



Originated with E. H. Cocklin, Shepherdstown, Pennsylvania, in 1856. Ida was 

 added to the catalog of the American Pomological Society in 1871 and removed in 1877. 

 Imperfect. Plants very numerous, vigorous, very productive; fruit medium in size, 

 roundish conic, dark red; flesh moderately firm, juicy, acid; good; early. 



Ideal. I. Am. Card. 17:66. 1896. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 147:186. 1898. 



Raised in 1889 by J. W. Kerr, Denton, Maryland, as a cross between Bubach and Hoff- 

 man. Perfect. Plants medium in number, vigorous, moderately productive; fruit large, 

 round-conic, dark scarlet; flesh dark red, firm, acid; good; midseason. 

 Ideal (of Cooper), i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 166. 1920. 



Introduced in 1917 by Samuel Cooper, Delevan, New York. As grown here the plants 

 are few, of medium vigor, healthy, variable in yield; autumn-bearing; flowers early, small; 

 fruit-stems short, thick, erect; fruit variable in size, round-conic, glossy medium red; 

 flesh moderately juicy, tender, subacid; poor; early. 

 Ideal (of Haynes). i. Ohio Sta. Bui. 236:225. 1912. 



Originated with J. W. Haynes, Delphi, Indiana ; introduced in 19 10. Perfect. Plants 

 numerous, vigorous, productive; fruit large, irregular, oval-conic to wedge-shape, slightly 

 necked, with color variable from scarlet to pink; flesh salmon, soft, mild; good; late 

 midseason. 

 Idora. I. Ohio Sta. Bui. 236:225. 1912. 



A chance seedling found in Idora Park, Youngstown, Ohio, by T. B. Carlisle, Lisbon, 

 Ohio; introduced in 1909. Perfect. Plants medium in number, vigorous; fruit large, 

 blunt-conic to wedge-shape, dark red; flesh light red, soft, juicy, mild; good; midseason. 

 Ima. I. Mich. Sta. Bui. 176:8. 1899. 



Originated with Leroy Brown & Sons, Clyde, Ohio; introduced about i8g6. Plants 

 few, vigorous, subject to leaf-spot; fruit small, round-conic, scarlet; flesh firm; fair; 

 midseason. 

 Indiana, i. A'^. Y. Sta. Bui. 385:312. 1914. 



Originated by H. J. Schild, Ionia, Michigan, in 1905 as a cross between Red Cross and 

 a seedling, the parentage of which was Dawn by Ionia. When first grown at this Station 

 Indiana made an excellent record, but its later performance has not held up to its earlier 

 promises. It prefers heavy soils. Perfect. On the Station groxmds, plants medium in 

 number, vigor, and height, healthy, productive; fruit-stems short, thick, prostrate, much 

 branched; pedicels long, slender; fruit large, retains size well, wedge, with furrowed surface, 

 glossy dark red, medium juicy, very firm, mildly subacid, with well-colored flesh; good; 

 medium early. 



