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tips, but later it develops suckers which load with fruit as if they were 

 subterranean stems of the parent plants. A satisfactory home variety. 

 Kansas. 



Caroline. Medium to large, roundish oblate ; color salmon yellow. 

 Flesh soft, juicy, very good; rather soft yet much grown for home 

 use and near markets. New York. 



Catawissa. Size medium, round, somewhat flattened; color dark 

 reddish purple; quality very good. Still grown in New York and 

 Georgia. Pennsylvania. 



Colossal. A seedling of Shaffer, grown in Indiana, much like its 

 parent, but as grown in Iowa it has better color and endures drouth 

 much better. Indiana. 



Columbian. Large, roundish; color purple. Flesh firm, juicy, 

 subacid, good. Commercially grown in several States. New York. 



Ellisdale. Large, roundish oval ; color light purple, with whitish 

 bloom. Flesh firm, juicy, rich; quality better than good. Canes are 

 strong, light red, and only propagate from the tip. A remarkable 

 variety that has been overlooked by planters and propagators, as it 

 was propagated locally nearly forty years ago. Iowa. 



Philadelphia. Medium, roundish; color dark crimson or purplish 

 red. Flesh quite soft, juicy, well-flavored, good. The true variety 

 has canes much thicker at the base and gradually decreasing in size 

 to the top. This is still valuable below the forty-second parallel 

 East and West. Pennsylvania. 



Redfield. Much like Shaffer in shape and color, but better in 

 quality. The canes are stocky, not liable to breaking in storms, 

 and it endures drouth much better than Shaffer. In Iowa this 

 variety is rapidly becoming commercial. 



Reliance. Large, roundish, or roundish oblate; color red or 

 crimson. Flesh firm, juicy, sweet, sprightly, good. Rapidly be- 

 coming commercial. New Jersey. 



Sarah. Large, round, garnet - colored, very juicy; quality very 

 good. Season, later than its parent the Cuthbert. One of Professor 

 Saunders' valuable productions. Canada. 



Shaffer (Shaffer's Colossal). Large, roundish; color dark red or 

 dull purple. Flesh soft, quite acid, good; starred and double-starred 

 across the continent. It has the Blackcap habit, but the fruit is 

 much like the red varieties in color and flavor. New York. 



