Varieties 303 



Confused with Marguerite. Highly prized for amateur culture 

 and for exhibition ; under high culture it produces very large berries 

 of superior quality. 



Maximus (S). {Corsican; Big Berry; Armstrongs Favorite; Ger- 

 man Seedling. ) — Said to have originated in Germany. Berry medium 

 to large, irregular round-conic to wedge-shape, light crimson, color 

 very variable; flesh hght red, medium firm, mild subacid, good; 

 runners numerous. Midseason. Strongly resembles the New 

 York group of varieties. 



Michel (S). (Michel's Early; MitcheWs Early; Osceola; Ella; 

 Young's Early Sunrise.) — Originated 1883, by Geo. Michel (pro- 

 nounced Mike-el), Judsonia, Arkansas, chance seedling, supposed 

 to be of Crescent; introduced 1889. Berry medium to small, 

 round-conic, sometimes slightly necked, dull scarlet; flesh light 

 red, medium firm, acid, fair ; runners very mmierous. Very early. 

 Has been a prominent shipping variety, especially in the South. 

 Not productive, and very sour. Now being discarded. 



Missionary (S). — Originated about 1900, by Nathaniel Gohn, 

 Deep Creek, Norfolk County, Virginia, chance seedling; in- 

 troduced 1906. Berry medium to large, round-conic, dark crimson ; 

 flesh dark red, very firm, acid, fair; runners moderate. Early. 

 Practically identical with Klondike, but earlier. Rapidly sup- 

 planting Klondike in many parts of the South. 



Nettie (P). — Originated in 1893 by J. H. Black, Son & Co., 

 Hightstown, New Jersey; a Bubach x Yale seedling was crossed 

 with Sharpless and this with Gandy; introduced 1899. Berry 

 large, irregular round-conic to wedge-shape, scarlet; flesh medium 

 red, medium firm, brisk subacid, good; runners moderate. Very 

 late, a little after Gandy. Preferred to Gandy in some sections. 



Neunan (S). {Neunan's Prolific; Charleston Berry; Noonan; 

 Nunan; Newman, of some.) — Originated by Mr. Neunan, Charles- 

 ton, South Carohna; introduced about 1870. Berry medium, 

 roundish to round-conic, light crimson ; flesh medium red, very firm, 

 acid, fair; runners numerous. Early to midseason. The dominant 

 commercial variety of the South, for shipping north, 1878-1895; 

 now mostly supplanted by Klondike and Missionary. 



New York (S). — Originated 1890, by Martha Yates Tanner, 

 Slaterville Springs, New York, seedling of Bubach which was open 

 to polhnation by Jessie; introduced 1898. Berry large, irregular 

 wedge-conic, crimson ; flesh medium red, medium firm, mild subacid, 



