THE SMALL FRUITS OF NEW YORK 493 



Miami, i. Col. 0. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 219. 1887. 2. A". Y. Sta. Bui. 24:335. 1890. 



Originated in 1880 with J. D. Kruschke, Piqua, Ohio, as a seeding of Big Bob. Imper- 

 fect. On the Station grounds, plants medium in ^'igor, very numerous, productive; fruit 

 medium to large, oblong-conic, glossy dark red, soft, well flavored ; ver\- good: late. 



Michel. I. /Im. Care/. 11:562. 1890. 



MiclieVs Early. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 24:338. 1890. 3. Rural N. Y. 50:527. 1891. 



Ella. 4. Kan. Sta. Bui. 26:17,0. 1891. 



Osceola. 5. Del. Sta. Bui. 18:9. 1892. 



Sunrise. 6. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 147:189. 1898. 



Young's Early Sunrise. 7. Ohio Sta. Bui. 146:38. 1903. 



Never of much account in the North, Michel was for many years the standard ship- 

 ping sort for the South. It is still grown in several southern states as an early market 

 variety, but is being discarded. The plants develop far too many runners, so that a patch 

 of Michel becomes a wilderness. The fruits are small, poor in color and not of high quality. 

 Extreme earliness and ability to cover a large area, sometimes an asset, are its chief charac- 

 teristics. Excelsior which ripens at the same time is under most conditions a better variety. 

 This sort originated in 1886 with George Michel, Judsonia, Arkansas; introduced in 1889; 

 added to the American Pomological Society's list of recommended fruits in 1897. The 

 variet}^ is a chance seedling with Crescent as a probable parent. 



Perfect. Plants \'er3' numerous, vigorous but slender, tail, health3% variable in yield; 

 leaves small, light green, rugose. Flowers earh-, intermediate in size; petals 6-8 large; 

 stamens nximerous; receptacle of medium size. Fruit very earh-; fruit-stems short, slender, 

 prostrate; pedicels long, slender; caljTC large, adherent, slightl}- raised; sepals long, nar- 

 row; berries small, round-conic, sometimes necked; apex blunt- pointed; color dull light 

 red; seeds even with the surface; flesh pale red or whitish towards the center, variable 

 in firmness, quite acid; quality no more than fair. 



Michigan, i. Horticulturist 24:248. 1869. 2. Va. Sta. Tech. Bui. 11:65. 1916. 



Originated by B. Hathaway, Little Prairie Rond, Alichigan, as a cross between a 

 seedling of Old Scarlet and Burr. Grown extensively for a few years. Perfect. Plants 

 medium in number, vigorous, and productive; fruit of medium size, round-conic to 

 coxcomb, light scarlet; flesh whitish, soft, acid; good; midseason to late. 



Michigan (of Engle). i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 393. 1891. 2. A^. Y. Sta. Bui. 147: 186. 

 1898. 

 Originated by C. Engle, Paw Paw, Michigan, in 1889. Perfect. Plants medium in 

 number and vigor, productive; fruit large, irregular, round-conic, bright crimson; flesh 

 medium red, firm; good; very late. 



Middlefield. i. Rural N. 1.48:522. 1889. 2. A". Y. Sta. Bui. 109:248. 1896. 



Augur No. -JO. 3. Rural N. V. 47:640. 1888. 



Originated by P. M. Augur & Sons, Middlefield, Connecticut; introduced in 1890. 

 Imperfect. In the Station beds, plants verj- vigorous, numerous, healthy, productive; 

 fruit large, retains size well, conical, the larger berries flattened, very glossy red, firm, well 

 flavored, sprighth-; verj- good; midseason. 



