XXVII 



Miscellaneous and Unclassified Varieties Named and 

 Described 



ALPHA A variety of Prunus maritima 

 selected from the fields of New Jer- 

 sey, where this species grows abun- 

 dantly wild, and sent to J. W. Kerr of 

 Maryland by E. W. Winsor. Named 

 by Mr. Kerr and said to be of large 

 size and quality. 



ANDERSON (Anderson's Early Red). 

 "A young and regular bearer ; fruit 

 medium size, quality medium ; season 

 August 10-20. Found along the river 

 near Sioux Rapids, Iowa." Goff, 

 Wisconsin Bulletin 63. 



BASSETT (Bassett's American). Fruit spherical or slightly 

 oblate; size small, about five-eighths inch in diameter; cavity 

 shallow; stem short; suture^a line; apex slightly depressed; 

 color reddish over a green ground ; dots minute ; bloom blue ; 

 skin tough : flesh yellow ; stone circular, smooth, slightly flat- 

 tened, free ; quality fair ; season medium late. 



The best known named variety of Prunus maritima in 

 cultivation. 



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