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foliage; one of the hardiest varieties known, and 

 said to withstand well the variable climate of the 

 United States. C. G. Anderson & Sons of Eng- 

 land, in 1880, claimed it to be earlier, white, and 

 closer than Early London. 



A writer in the New England Farmer, in 1871, 

 speaks of it as larger than either Early Erfurt or 

 Early Paris. 



WONDERFUL, see Thorburn's Wonderful. 



ORDER OF EARLINESS. 



The following varieties cover the season, and 

 are arranged in the order of earliness, as near as can 

 be determined. Many well known kinds are 

 omitted, and some little known sorts inserted, the 

 only attempt being to form a scale of maturity: 



Early Dwarf Erfurt. 



Extra Early Paris. 



Early London. 



Asiatic. 



Early Erfurt. 



Early Paris. 



Lenormand Short- Stem. 



Late Paris. 



St. Brieuc. 



Algiers. 



Yeitch's Autumn Giant. 



Giant Naples. 



Veitch's Self-Protecting. 



Late Italian Giant. 



Walcheren. 



