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Early Harvest. 



Early Joe. This is an American variety, with small oblate fruit. 

 Skin yellowish, shaded and striped with red, and dotted with green. 

 Flesh whitish, tender, j uicy, with a piquant vinous flavour. Ripens at 

 mid-summer ; and is a popular dessert Apple. Tree moderately vigorous 

 and a fairly good bearer. 



Early Julien. An old Scotch variety, with medium-sized roundish 

 slightly-flattened fruit. Skin pale-yellow, with an orange cheek. Flesh 

 yellowish-white, very juicy, with a brisk aromatic flavour. Ripens at 

 mid-summer ; and suitable for either dessert or cooking. Tree strong, 

 hardy, and a great bearer. 



Early Nonpareil (Summer Nonpareil). A very old English variety, 

 at one time popular, and still worthy of a place in an orchard. Fruit 

 medium-size, or under, roundish-oblate. Skin dull-yellow, spotted 

 with russet and grey dots. Flesh yellowish-white, juicy, brisk, with 

 a rich aromatic flavour. Ripens soon after mid-summer ; and a suit- 

 able Apple for either dessert or cooking. Tree hardy, robust, and 

 very prolific. 



Early Red Margaret (Eve Apple, Red Juneating, Striped Juneating, 

 Striped Quarrenden). An English Apple, which is popular on account 

 of its earliness. Fruit medium-sized, roundish-ovate, and tapering 

 towards the eye. Skin heavily covered with stripes and shades of dark- 

 red. Flesh white, juicy, with a brisk vinous flavour. Ripens very 

 early, and therefore greatly in demand, and is a good dessert fruit, but 

 soon gets mealy. Tree robust, a good bearer, and not usually much 

 affected by blight. 



Early Strawberry (American RedJuneating). A very early American 



