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EARLY ERFURT MAMMOTH (Neiv Erfurt Dwarf 

 Mammoth [Burr], etc)." Burr in 1886, said: "A 

 recent sort with large, clear white flowers, of super- 

 ior quality. The plants are low and close, and 

 generally form a head, even in protracted dry and 

 warm weather. It appears to be one of the few 

 varieties adapted to the climate of this country." 

 This form of Early Erfurt has not been kept dis- 

 tinct. 



EARLY FAVORITE. A variety without description 

 is sold under this name by A. B. Cleveland & Co. 

 See also Haskell's Favorite. 



EARLY GERMAN. "A new variety advertised in 

 English Catalogues:" (Mag. ofHort., 1838, p. 50). 



EARLY LA CROSSE FAVORITE. John A. Salzer 

 offers this as earlier than Henderson's Early Snow- 

 ball, and " the earliest, finest, whitest and most 

 compact grown." At the Ohio experiment station 

 in 1889 it was apparently the same as the ordinary 

 large Early Erfurt. Mr. Salzer writes me that it 

 is a distinct type of his own originating from the 

 Early Erfurt. 



EARLY LEYDEN, see Walcheren. 



EARLY LONDON (London Particular, Fitch's Early 

 London, Early English, Large Late). An old sort, 

 still quite popular in both the United States and 

 England. Vigorous and hardy, with large, abun- 

 dant, deep-green, undulated foliage; stem rather 



