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Early Norfolk. Medium, oblate ; yellow striped and blotched red ; 

 flesh white, sub-acid. Said to bear transportation well. July. 

 Virginia. 



Early Pennock. Fruit large, roundish, conical; striped bright red 

 on greenish yellow; stem long; cavity deep; irregular; flesh 

 yellowish white, rather coarse, sub-acid', of rather poor quality. 

 Esteemed at the West for its hardiness and productiveness. 

 August and September. 



Sarly Red Margaret. Medium, round-ovate; striped with dull 

 red, somewhat russeted ; stalk half an inch long, thick ; basin 

 plaited, narrow, very shallow; flesh sub-acid, tender, good when 

 fresh ; ripens at wheat harvest, scarcely earlier than Early Har- 

 vest. Shoots erect, downy ; moderate bearer. England. 



FIG. 359. Golden Sweet, FIG. 360. Carolina Red June. 



Early Strawberry.* (American Red Juneating, of Manning.} 

 Rather small, roundish, varying to round-ovate, and sometimes 

 quite conical ; surface indistinctly and finely striped with bright 

 and deep red. tinging faintly the flesh ; stalk slender, three-quar- 

 ters to an inch and a half long ; basin small and narrow ; flesh 

 white, tender, sub-acid, rather brisk, pleasant, not very rich. 

 Ripens one to three weeks later than Yellow Harvest. Growth, 

 very erect ; leaves erect, finely crenate. Productive. Good in all 

 localities. New York. Fig. 361. 



Fourth of July. Above medium, roundish oblate, often slightly 

 conic ; striped red on pale yellow, with a white bloom ; flesh 

 yellowish, tender, rather acid, of moderate quality; ripens 

 very early, productive. Valuable for cooking and profitable for 

 market. Cultivated at the West. Of foreign origin. 



Foundling. Rather large, oblate-conic, ribbed ; striped red on yel- 

 lowish green ; stalk short, slender, cavity large, basin small, 

 furrowed; flesh yellow, tender, with a rich, sub-acid flavor. 

 Late summer. Massachusetts. 



Garden Royal. Below medium, roundish, slightly flattened at ends, 

 even and regular; surface with small, broken, red stripes on 

 yellow ground, deep red to the sun ; stalk short, or half to three- 



