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Synonyms. American Red Juneating (i). American Red Juncating 

 (4, 5, 9, 13, 14, err. 5, ? 2). De La Madeleine Rouge (16). Early Straw- 

 berry (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, II, 12, 13. 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22). Early 

 Strawberry (16). Fraise (16). Louis Xl'III (16). Red Juneating (3, 6, 

 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, err. 4, err. of some American gardens, 2). St. John Straw- 

 berry (17). Striped Shropshire (17). Tennesee Early Red (17). 



Fruit of a very attractive bright deep red color, very desirable 

 for dessert and good also for culinary uses. The tree is medium in 

 size, a moderate grower, upright when young, but eventually be- 

 coming roundish and somewhat spreading. It is hardy, healthy, 

 comes into bearing young and yields moderate to good crops 

 biennially or almost annually. It is not a very satisfactory variety 

 for commercial planting because the demand for it is mostly lim- 

 ited to local markets, a relatively high percentage of the apples are 

 undersized or otherwise unmarketable and the fruit does not keep 

 well. On account of its productiveness and high quality it is a 

 desirable variety for the home orchard. 



Historical. Early Strawberry is an American fruit which is said to have 

 originated in the vicinity of New York (2, 3). It was formerly known to 

 some under the name Red Juneating or American Red Juneating. The name 

 Red Juneating has been applied also to the Margaret. In 1846 Downing 

 published the following observations concerning these two varieties (3). 

 " The Early Strawberry has a long stalk, and is a high colored fruit, striped 

 with dark red. The Early Red Margaret has a short stalk and is a dull 

 colored fruit, with faint red stripes. We have had both fruits in bearing this 

 year, and have compared them for several years past. The Early Red 

 Margaret is correctly shown in the beatiful colored plates of Ronald's Pyrus 

 Mains Brentifordensis, and in the Pornological Magazine. Our Early Straw- 

 berry apple is not described in any European work that we have seen. It is 

 greatly superior to the Early Red Margaret in productiveness, and especially 

 in long keeping and ripening gradually, qualities that are rare in early apples 

 and for which the market dealers in New York rate the Strawberry very 

 highly." 



Early Strawberry has been extensively disseminated and is generally cata- 

 logued by nurserymen throughout the apple-growing regions of America (21). 



Fruit. 



Fruit below medium to medium, pretty uniform in shape and size. Form 

 roundish conic or roundish, regular or somewhat ribbed; sides often unequal. 

 Stem long and rather slender, often clubbed. Cavity acute or approaching 

 acuminate, deep, broad, symmetrical, sometimes with faint radiating rays of 

 russet. Calyx rather small, closed or sometimes open ; lobes long, narrow. 

 Basin small, shallow to moderately deep, narrow, obtuse, slightly furrowed. 



