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Skin thin, tender, very smooth, clear pale waxen yellow, occasionally with 

 deeper yellow on exposed cheek, sometimes slightly blushed. Dots numerous, 

 large and small, submerged or russet. 



Calyx tube short, funnel-shape. Stamens medium. 



Core medium size, somewhat abaxile ; cells closed or slightly open; core 

 lines clasping. Carpels slightly obovate. Seeds small to rather large, narrow, 

 long, plump, acute. 



Flesh white, not firm, rather fine, crisp, tender, juicy, at first briskly sub- 

 acid but eventually becoming milder, and more agreeable for dessert. Good 

 to very good. 



Season late July and August. 



EARLY JOE. 



REFERENCES, i. N. Y. Agr. Soc. Trans., 1843 -.52. 2. Mag. Hort., 9 -.469. 

 1843. 3. N. Y. Agr. Soc. Trans., 1846:187. fig. 4. Hovey, Mag. Hort., 12:474. 

 1846. 5. Ib., 13:159. 1847. fig. 6. Smith, Horticulturist, i :386. 1847. fig. 

 7. Cultivator, 4:310. 1847. fig. 8. Mag. Hort., 14:539. 1848. 9. Cole, 

 1849:105. fig. 10. Thomas, 1849:137. fig. n. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 

 3:19. 1851. 12. Barry, 1851:280. 13. Elliott, 1854:75. fig. 14. Gregg, 

 1857:36. 15. Downing, 1857:76. 16. Hooper, 1857:32. 17. Am. Pom. 

 Soc. Rpt., 1860:240. 18. Warder, 1867:513. 19. Fitz, 1872:152, 172. 20. 

 Leroy, 1873:404. figs. 21. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1877:124. 22. Hogg, 1884: 

 68. 23. Wickson, 1889:243. 24. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:290. 

 25. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:238. 26. Macoun, Can. Dcpt. Agr. Rpt., 1901: 

 96. 27. Waugh, Ft. Sta. An. Rpt., 14:292. 1901. 28. Budd-Hansen, 1903: 



74- fig- 



SYNONYMS. EARLY JOE (i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, n, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 

 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28). JOE PRECOCE (20). 



Fruit medium to small, red striped, excellent in flavor and qual- 

 ity for dessert use ; season, August and early September. The 

 tree is small to medium in size, slow growing, moderately long- 

 lived, comes into bearing rather young and is a reliable biennial 

 cropper. The fruit hangs pretty well to the tree until it is quite 

 ripe. The crop contains a large percentage of undersized or other- 

 wise unmarketable fruit. Recommended for the home orchard, but 

 not for commercial planting. 



Historical. Originated with Northern Spy and Melon in the orchard of 

 Heman Chapin, East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N. Y. This orchard was 

 planted with seedling trees grown from seeds brought from Salisbury, Conn, 

 about the year 1800. In October, 1843, Early Joe was exhibited at the fair 

 of the New York State Agricultural Society, Rochester, N. Y., by Jonathan 

 Buel of East Bloomfield (i). It has been widely disseminated and is still 

 listed by nurserymen (25) but it is not cultivated extensively in any locality. 



