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so careful and eminent a horticulturist as Mr. T. T. Lyon, 

 President Michigan State Pomological Society : " From 

 notes taken at the ripening of the fruit : *■ Plant vigorous, 

 very stocky, of rather low growth, bearing a fine crop for 

 young plants ; foliage nearly round, thick in substance, flat 

 or cupped ; serratures broad and shallow ; fruit large to 

 very large, longish conical ; large specimens often cox- 

 combed ; bright crimson; began to color June i6th, and 

 the first ripe berries were gathered on the 20th ; stems of 

 medium height, — strong; flesh light crimson; whitish at 

 the centre, firm and juicy; flavor high, rich, fine, with a 

 very pleasant arom.a; seeds prominent; greenish brown. 

 We regard this as a highly promising, very large, late variety, 

 and especially so for market purposes. Staminate/ " 



Originated with Mr. Harry Marvin, Ovid, Mich., and 

 said to be from the Wilson and Jucunda, — an excellent 

 parentage. 



Miner's Great Prolific. — Plant vigorous ; leaves light 

 green, smooth ; leaf-stalk downy ; truss six inches, well 

 branched, slender, drooping ; berry deep crimson, round 

 and bulky, regular shouldered ; tip green when half-ripe ; 

 flesh pink, moderately firm ; flavor good ; calyx spreading ; 

 size four to five inches ; season medium to late. The berry 

 holds out well in size, and resembles the Charles Downing 

 somewhat, but averages larger. It has seemed to me as 

 promising a new variety as the Sharpless. I believe it has 

 a long future. Originated with the late T. B. Miner in 

 1877. Staminate. 



Monarch of the West. — Plant very vigorous ; leaves 

 light, when young, and later of a golden green, somewhat 

 smooth ; truss six inches ; four to eight berries ; berry often 

 of a carpet-bag shape, square shouldered, and sometimes 

 coxcombed, large, magnificent ; pale scarlet ; flesh light 



