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Perfect. Plants few, vigorous, tall, healthy, productive when planted closely; leaves 

 medium to very large, dark green, thick, dull, rugose. Flowers late, large; petals 5-7, large; 

 stamens numerous; receptacle large. Fruit late midseason, holding up well in size; fruit- 

 stems long, thick, semi-erect; pedicels long; calyx often large, leafy, usually flat, well colored; 

 sepals very broad; berries large to very large, blunt, round-conic or irregular wedge, the 

 surface often fvirrowed; apex obtuse; color glossy dark red; seeds raised; flesh dark red 

 throughout, firm, agreeably acid, highly flavored; quality very good. 



Joe Crampton. i. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 447:71. 1918. 



Found in an old patch of berries by Henry Gersandi, Berien County, Michigan; 

 introduced in 19 12. Perfect. Plants at this Station, below medium in vigor and number, 

 severely injtired by leaf-spot, improductive; fruit-stems slender, erect; fruit variable in 

 size, irregular blunt-conic to wedge, necked, dull light red, very juicy, firm, sprightly, with 

 whitish center; good; very late. Inferior in plant and fruit characters. 



Joe Wheeler, i. Va. Sta. Tech. Bui. 11:51. 19 16. 



Ge^i. Joe Wheeler. 2. Md. Sta. Bui. 124:180. 1907. 



A seedling of Thompson which originated in the South; introduced about 1905. Per- 

 fect. Plants small ; berries medium in size, conic, with a slight neck, dark crimson, moder- 

 ately firm; fair; early. 



John H. Cook. i. A^. Y. Sta. Bui. 447 •.■}!. 1918. 



Raised by Dr. Walter Van Fleet, Washington, D. C, in 1908, as a chance seedling. 

 Perfect. On the Station grounds, plants few, medium in vigor and size, healthy, medium 

 productive; fruit-stems short, thick, prostrate; fruit mediimi to very large, irregularly 

 wedge, furrowed, glossy, meditun to dark red, juicy, finn, subacid, with hollow center; 

 good; medium early. Has several qualities to commend it. 



Johnson, i. Md. Sta. Bui. 124:182. 1907. 



Johnson's Early. 2. Am. Card. 21:630. 1900. 



Originated in 1893 with O. A. Johnson, Manoldn, Maryland, as a cross between Cres- 

 cent and Hoffman. Perfect. Berries large, round-conic or irregularly necked, light crim- 

 son; flesh light red, finn, acid; good; early. 



Johnson Late. i. A^. Y. Sta. Bui. 24:333. 1890. 



Originated as a chance seedling in 1885 with R. Johnson, Shortsville, New York. 

 Imperfect. At this Station, plants vigorous, stocky, low growing, injured by leaf-spot, 

 unproductive; leaves thick, very dark green; fruit large, conic, very hght red, soft, almost 

 white, sweet; good; very late. 



Jones Seedling, i. Va. Sta. Tech. Bui. 11:51. 1916. 



Originated with Adams Jones, Plainfield, Indiana; introduced about 1888. Perfect. 

 Berries large, conic, dark crimson; flesh dark red, firm; good; midseason. 



Jopp. I. Va. Sta. Tech. Bui. 11:52. 1916. 



J opp's Favorite. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 447:71. 1918. 



A chance seedling which originated with W. H. Jopp, Denton, Maryland, in 1911. 

 Perfect. Station plants numerous, vigorous, healthy, unproductive ; fruit-stems long, erect ; 



