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Hovey was the first good strawberry to originate in America. It was originated by 

 C. M. Hovey, Boston, Massachusetts, in 1834 and was introduced in 1838. While it was 

 valued for home use rather than for market, it was a standard sort in many localities as 

 late as 1880. According to the American Pomological Society the variety was being grown 

 in sixteen states in i88g. The society included Hovey in its fruit catalog from 1852 to 

 1897. The variety has been gradually supplanted by better sorts so that it has been practi- 

 cally lost to cultivation since the close of the nineteenth centurJ^ For a further discussion 

 of this variety see page 367. 



Imperfect to semi-perfect. Plants numerous, large, vigorous, upright, medium in 

 height, productive; leaves light to dark green, large, smooth, gloss\". Flowers small; 

 petals roundish, slightly overlapping, cupped; stamens few, imperfectly developed. Fruit 

 midseason; fniit-stems intermediate in length and thickness; pedicels long, slender; calyx 

 very small, reflexed; berries medium to large, round-conic, with a short neck; apex obtuse; 

 color glossy dark red; seeds slightly sunken; flesh scarlet, fimi, highly flavored, pleasantly 

 acid; quality good. 

 Howard, i. Va. Sta. Tech. Bui. 11:47. 1916. 



Howard No. 17. 2. Ohio Sta. Bui. 236:224, fig. 1912. 3. Ibid. 364:79. 1923. 



Kellogg' s Premier. 4. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 238. 1913. 



Pretnier. 5. A''. Y. Sta. Bui. 447:75. 19 18. 



Probably Howard is being more highly spoken of than any other strawberry- recently 

 introduced. It is yet too soon to tell just what place it will take in home and commercial 

 strawberry growing in New York. The berry is the type of that of the well-known Dunlap ; 

 ripens as early, is a lighter red, and the calyx has not the red tinge that Dunlap often has. 

 The plants are more productive, the picking season is longer, and the berries are larger. 

 Probably Howard will replace Dvmlap which has long been the standard early berry in 

 many parts of the countrj-. This is the most promising of the large number of seedlings 

 originated by A. B. Howard, Belchertown, Massachusetts. It was introduced in 1909. 

 Since that time the variety has been widely advertised by the R. M. Kellogg Company, 

 Three Rivers, Michigan, as Kellogg's Premier, stock of which had been secured from 

 E. A. Riehl, Alton, Illinois. 



Perfect. Plants numerous, vigorous, healthy,* productive for an early berry; leaves 

 thick, dark green, dull. Flowers medium early, variable in size, cup-shaped; petals large, 

 5-9, crinkly; receptacle small. Fruit early, ripening period long, holds up in size; fruit- 

 stems short, prostrate; pedicels long, slender; calyx large, flat or sHghtly raised, somewhat 

 leafy, well colored; sepals long, broad; berries large, long-conic to wedge, the largest berries 

 furrowed on each side; apex pointed; color attractive glossy red; seeds sunken; flesh well 

 colored to the center, juicy, pleasantly sprightly, firm; quality good. 



Howard (of Black), i. Rural N. 7.60:514, fig. 220. 1901. 2. Ohio Sta. Bui. 236:224. 

 igi2. 



Originated in 1896 by J. H. Black, Son & Company, Hightstown, New Jersey, as a 

 cross between Barton and Gandy. Perfect. Station plants vigorous, numerous, healthy; 

 fruit medium to large, variable in shape, with poorly developed apex, light red, juicy, 

 firm; good; late. 



