218 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



Early Strawberry. A 'popular variety at the West. Chas. Gibb, 

 the noted Canadian pomologist, wrote in 1885: "This ripens with the 

 Red Astrachan apple. It is of small size, but nothing that I grow 

 equals it in quality. It has no astringency." 



Fruit small, roundish oblate; surface yellow, handsomely striped 

 with red, mixed and marbled on sunny side; cavity regular; stem 

 long; basin flat; calyx closed. Core closed; cells round; tube 

 funnel-shaped; stamens marginal ; seeds large, flattened; flesh white, 

 stained with red, juicy, subacid, very good. August. 



Elgin (Lady Elgin, Geneva). Originated on the farm of James 

 Forbes, of Ridott Township, Illinois. Tree hardy, vigorous, upright, 

 slender branches, very productive. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, regular, surface smooth, whitish 

 yellow, nearly covered with bright rich red; dots few, light and gray; 

 cavity small; stem medium, slender; basin shallow, corrugated; 

 calyx closed; flesh white, fine, tender, juicy, mild subacid, slightly 

 vinous; very good for canning or dessert. September, December. 

 (Downing.) 



Excelsior. "A seedling of Wealthy, originated by Peter M. 

 Gideon, Excelsior, Minnesota, from whom it was received in 1888. 



" Fruit very large for a crab, nearly as large as a medium-sized apple, 

 roundish oblate; stem rather long and slender, sometimes bracted, and 

 inserted in a narrow rather shallow cavity; calyx rather large, closed; 

 set in a shallow, broad-plaited basin; skin smooth, yellow, sprinkled 

 with numerous russet dots, and shaded or splashed with red over much 

 of its surface; handsome in appearance; flesh white, not fine-grained, 

 firm, juicy, subacid, with crab-apple flavor; good to very good in 

 quality. Begins to ripen about the first of September. Tree vigor- 

 ous, upright, spreading." (Beach and Paddock, N. Y. Exp. Sta. .An. 

 Rep., 1894.) 



Faribault. Originated at Faribault, Minnesota, from seed of 

 Gilpin. Placed on Minnesota State Horticultural Society's Fruit List 

 December, 1902. 



Fruit large, roundish, somewhat five-sided, flattened at ends; 

 surface smooth, yellow, mostly covered with fine nearly solid dark 

 red, with obscure carmine streaks; dots distinct, minute, yellow; 

 cavity regular, obtuse, deep; stem long; basin nearly flat, corru- 

 gated; calyx closed; segments erect convergent. Core closed; cells 

 ovate; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; seeds short, plump; 



