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calyx very large, detaches readily, leafy; seeds much raised; fruit large chunk)' wedge, 

 glossy dark red, often with poorly developed apex, juicy, firm, with red flesh, well 

 flavored; very good; midseason. 



Salem, i. Rural N. Y. 58:514. 1899. 2. A'. Y. Sta. Bui. 218:201. 1902. 



Originated by B. M. Smith, Beverly, Massachusetts; introduced in 1900. Perfect. 

 At this Station, plants weak, low growing, exposing the fruit to the sun, productive, healthy; 

 fruit below medium to large, irregular and roughish, glossy deep red, soft, subacid, with 

 red flesh; fair; midseason. 



Salisbury, i. A'. F. 5to. £m/. 336:65. 1911. 



A chance seedling found in Salisbury, North Carolina; introduced by E. W. Townsend 

 & Sons, Salisbury, Marj-land, in 1906. Imperfect. Station plants few, medium in size. 

 vigor, and yield, healthy; fruit large to meditam, wedge or conic, dull very light red, very 

 juicy, tender, subacid, inferior in flavor; poor; late. 



Salter, i. L^ 5. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 393. 189 1. 



Cultivated in Mississippi about 1891. Perfect. Fruit medium in size, conic, dark 

 crimson; flesh firm, acid; early. 



Sam Sperry. i. Mich. S a. Bui. 177:22. 1899. 



Originated with W. W. Sewall, Carthage, Missouri; introduced in 1907. Perfect. 

 Plants low; fruit conic, bright scarlet; flesh light red, very firm; mid eason. 



Sam Wherry, i. Va. Sta. Tech. Bui. 11:87. 1916. 



Originated in 1905 by Sam E. Wherry, Durant, Mississippi, as a cross between Klon- 

 dike and Red Bird. Perfect. Plants numerous; fruit large, oval, with a long neck, dark 

 scarlet; flesh medium red, firm, acid; fair; early midseason. 



Sample, i. Atn. Card. 19:236, 288, fig. 57. 1898. 2. A'^. Y. Sta. Bui. 218:201. 1902. 



Once a standard sort, Sample is now rapidly passing from cultivation although it is 

 still more or less grown in New York, New England, and the states of the Middle West. 

 The variety came into prominence because of the productiveness of the plants and its 

 large, handsome, well-flavored fruits. The berries are too soft to ship long distances, but 

 it was, and stiU is, in some localities a very good sort for local markets and home gardens. 

 Dunlap makes a good pollinator. Sample originated as a chance seedling in a bed of Leader 

 in 1894 with J. D. Gowing, North Reading, Massachusetts; introduced by Charles S. Pratt 

 of that place in 1898; added to the fruit list of the American Pomological Society in 1909. 



Imperfect. Plants numerous, vigorous, healthy, productive; leaves dark green, dull, 

 rugose. Flowers late midseason, small; petals 6-8. Fruit late; fruit-stems short, thick, 

 prostrate; pedicels short, slender; calyx of medium size, flat, well colored; sepals broad; 

 berries large to medium, conic or wedge; apex slightly pointed; color giossy bright, dark 

 red; seeds sunken; flesh dark red, firm, juicy, subacid to somewhat sprightly; quality good. 



Sampson, i. Am. Card. 21:631. 1900. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 218:201. 1902. 



Originated in 1893 by D. J. Miller, Millersburg, Ohio. Perfect. As grown here, 

 plants numerous, vigorous, healthy, with large, dark green leaves; fruit medium to very 

 large, variable in shape, necked, dull light red, firm, juicy, with light colored flesh; fair; late. 



