"KIRBY: 



The size and color are fair to very good, however, the color tends 

 to fade or become dull as the fruit nears harvest. It has very 

 prominent lenticels which may detract from its appearance. Better 

 than the standard type. 



'SHOTWELL: 



The fruit run slightly smaller than the parent type. The fruit has 

 a very good bright red wash over the whole apple, but it lacks the 

 typiness of the western-grown Delicious. 



"VANCE ; 



The color is excellent - one of the four or five best in this resoect 

 at University Park. The size is usually slightly smaller than the 

 parent type. The crowns are very prominent, but in cross section the 

 fruit is round, rather than ribbed. 



"RICHARED : 



Excellent bright cherry-red color, has desirable Delicious type. 

 This is one of the best of the sports now fruiting at Penn State, 



'ROYAL RED: 



A sport of Richared, the fruit possess excellent color and Delicious 

 type. The solid red color may become too dark for some, but this 

 does not appear as a. deterrant to its planting in the state. An 

 excellent strain both in tree and fruit characteristics. 



'STARRING: 



Possesses both solid red wash and rather pronounced darker red 

 stripes. Some growers find the stripes objectionable, but opinion 

 is divided. Shape and type are only fair to good. 



'EARLIRED : 



Of the sports now fruiting at University Park, this is the only 

 one which exhibits any marked degree of difference with the average 

 Delicious. It averages approximately 3A" larger size than any of 

 the strains now fruiting. Whether or not this is a juvenile char- 

 acteristic remains to bo seen. Shape is poor and the fruit tend to 

 internal breakdown more than the other sports. The color is very 

 good and this sport may hold promise where a specialty market de- 

 mands large size. 



"HI EARLY RED; 



This is one of the M-5 "best sports as grown at University Park - 

 at least equal in color, and color pattern, and shape to Royal Red, 

 Many specimens do, however, exhibit rather pronounced stripes. 



