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deep ; flesh yellowish white, remarkably tender and juicy ; flavor 

 very pleasant. Ripens first of autumn. Fig. 390. Origin, West- 

 Chester, Pa. Hardy far north. 



Jewett's Red. (Jewett's Fine Red, Nodhead.) Medium or rather 

 large, roundish, slightly oblate ; striped red on yellow or slightly 

 greenish yellow ground, with conspicuous white dots ; stem 

 nearly an inch long; cavity acuminate; basin rather shallow; 

 flesh remarkably tender, fine grained, mild sub-acid, slightly 

 aromatic. Mid-autumn into winter. Cultivated in the northern 

 parts of New England. Hardy at the West. New Hampshire. 



FIG. 386. Late Strawberry. 



FlG. 388. Faraeuse. 



FIG. 387. Oldenburg. FIG. 385. Twenty Ounce. FIG. 389. Melon. 



Kane. (Cane, Cain.) Size medium, roundish-oblate, often ob- 

 scurely conical, regular; surface fair and beautiful, highly pol- 

 ished,, indistinctly striped with brilliant light crimson, gradually 

 merging into delicate blush color on the shaded part ; stalk often 

 very short ; cavity acute, narrow ; basin regular ; flesh yellow- 

 ish white, with a pleasant, good flavor. Hardly .of the highest 

 quality, but much admired for its beauty. Late autumn. A 

 native of Kent County, Delaware. 



Late Strawberry.* (Strawberry, Autumn Strawberry.) Size me- 

 dium ; roundish, slightly conical, sometimes faintly ribbed; 

 nearly whole surface with small broken streaks of light and dark 

 red ; stalk slender, about an inch long ; basin ribbed , flesh yel- 

 lowish white, slightly fibrous, very tender and juicy, with a fine, 

 very agreeable, sub-acid flavor. Young trees of remarkably 

 thrifty growth, leaves sharply serrate, which at once distin- 

 guishes them from the crenate leaves of the Early Strawberry. 

 Ripens early in autumn, and often keeps till winter. Very pro- 

 ductive. Fig. 386. One of the best early autumn apples. Sue 

 ceeds well in the West. New York. 



