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stalk half an inch long, thick ; basin plaited, narrow, very 

 shallow ; flesh sub-acid, tender, good when fresh. Ri- 

 pens at wheat harvest, scarcely earlier than Early Har- 

 vest. Shoots erect, downy. Moderate bearer. Fig. 133. 



Early Strawberry. {Sy?i. American Red Juneating, of 

 MaJining.) Rather small, roundish, varying to round- 

 ovate, and sometimes quite conical; surface indistinctly 

 and finely striped with bright and deep red, tinging faint- 

 ly the flesh ; stalk tender, three-quarters to an inch and a 

 half long ; basin sniall 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 crcnate. Productive. Good 

 in all localities. 



Garden Royal. Belo-v medium, roundish, slightly flat- 

 tened at ends, even and regular ; surface with small, bro- 

 ken, red stripes on yellow ground, deep red to the sun ; 

 stalk short, or half to three-fourths of an inch long, slen- 

 der, cavity acute ; calyx large, open ; basin very shallow; 

 flesh yellowish-white, exceedingly tender and fine grained; 

 flavor mild, sub-acid, fine. A poor grower, cut a first- 

 rate dessert fruit. Late summer. Origin, Sudbury, Mass. 



Irish Peach. Medium in size, roundish, slightly flattened, 

 obtusely ribbed ; yellowish green, washed and streaked 

 with brownish-red ; stalk short ; flesh white ; flavor second 

 rate, sometimes third rate 



Tune Apple, of Virginia. Size medium ; striped with 

 red ; stalk attached to a large protuberance on one side 

 of the cavity ; flesh white. Growth vigorous, a profuse 

 bearer alternate years. Ripens in southern Virginia the 

 last of 6th month, (June.) 



River. Size medium or large, slightly oblate, ribbed ; color 

 yellowish-green in the shade, purplish-red, striped with 

 darker red, next the sun, with some blue bloom ; cavity 

 deep ; flesh greenish-white, juicy, a little coarse, pleasant, 

 sub-acid, variable in quality, often fine. Tre" of vigo- 

 rous growth, a poor bearer. After Early Harvest. Mass 



