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good." Dr. A. B. Dennis says that its good points are earli- 

 ness and high quality. 



IRENE. Fruit oval ; size very small ; cavity shallow ; 

 suture a line; color dark coppery red; dots very minute; 

 bloom bluish ; skin thick and tough ; flesh yellow, firm ; stone 

 small, oval, not flattened, cling ; quality poor ; season late. 



Originated with D. B. Wier, Illinois. Worthless. 



IRONCLAD (Illinois Ironclad). Fruit round oval; size 

 medium; cavity medium deep, flaring; stem slender; suture 

 shallow ; color dark dull red ; dots many, small, yellow : 

 bloom thick, blue ; skin thick ; flesh yellow ; stone medium 

 large, round oval, flattened, cling; flavor sweetish; quality 

 fair to good ; season medium. 



A wild variety from Illinois introduced by Stark Brothers, 

 Missouri, in 1890. 



ISAAC. A wild variety from near Lincoln, Nebraska, de- 

 scribed as "small, roundish oblong, green ground blushed with 

 purplish-red, cling; August 25 to September 10 (Maryland). 

 Too small, will be discontinued." J. W. Kerr. 



ISABELLA. "Parentage unknown. Originated in 1893. 

 Tree rather low and spreading. Fruit medium to large, round 

 as a shot, dark red on yellow ground, fine quality, very pro- 

 ductive, ivlidseason." Description of the originator, H. A. 

 Terry, Iowa. 



IVASON. "Large, round oblong, purplish-red, semi-cling ; 

 August 10-20." J. W. Kerr, Maryland. "A strong growing 

 tree ; fruit looks and tastes much like Wyant. but is distinct 

 and larger." M. S. Hubbell, Toledo, Ohio. Origin, Iowa. 



JESSIE. Fruit oval ; size medium ; cavity shallow, abrupt : 

 suture a line; apex slightly pointed; color dark red; dots 

 many, very minute, white : bloom blue ; skin tough ; flesh 

 yellow ; stone broadly elliptical, flat, cling ; quality good ; 

 season last of July in southern Kansas. 



A wild variety introduced by Martin Nursery Co., Win- 

 field, Kansas, about 1892. 



JOE HOOKER. Fruit round oval; size medium or larger: 

 cavity shallow ; suture a line : color red ; bloom blue ; skin 

 thick; flesh yellow; stone cling; season late; tree dwarfish, 

 with a very odd and characteristic habit. 



JONES. Fruit oblong; size medium to large; color red 

 mottled; stone cling; season medium to late. 



Originated under cultivation with Mrs. Owen Jones, Cres- 

 cent, Iowa, in 1880. Introduced by H. A. Terry in 1895. 



