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Fig. 244. Early Joe. 



Early Pennock. Fruit large, roundish, conical, striped bright red 

 on greenish yellow ; stem long ; cavity deep ; irregular ; flesh 

 yellowish white, rather coarse, sub-acid, of rather poor quality. 

 Esteemed at the West for its hardiness and productiveness. 

 Aug. and Sept. 



Early Red Margaret. Rather small round-ovate, striped with dull 

 red, somewhat russeted ; stalk half an inch long, thick ; basin 

 plaited, narrow, very shallow ; flesh sub-acid, tender, good when 

 fresh ; ripens at wheat harvest, scarcely earlier than Early Har- 

 vest. Shoots erect, downy, moderate bearer. 



EARLY STRAWBERRY. (American Red Juneating, of Manning?) 

 Rather small, roundish, varying to round-ovate, and sometimes 

 quite conical ; surface indistinctly and finely striped with bright 

 and deep red, tinging faintly the flesh ; stalk slender, three-quar- 

 ters to an inch and a half long ; basin small and narrow ; flesh 

 white, tender, sub-acid, rather brisk, pleasant, not very rich. 

 Ripens one to three weeks later than Yellow Harvest. Growth, 

 very erect ; leaves erect, finely crenate. Productive. Good in all 

 localities. 



Fourth of July. Above medium, roundish oblate, often slightly 

 conic, striped red on pale yellow, with a white bloom. Flesh 

 yellowish, tender, rather acid, of moderate quality. Ripens very 

 early, productive. Valuable for cooking and profitable for mar- 

 ket. Cultivated at the West, of foreign origin. 



Foundling. Rather large, oblate-conic, ribbed ; striped red on 

 yellowish green ; stalk short, slender, cavity large, basin small, 



