BLACK-CAP VARIETIES 165 



Early Cluster. Mentioned in the Report of the Michigan 

 Pomological Society for 1875, p. 197, as a new and promising 

 seedling. 



Early Prolific. Mentioned by Dr. Stayman as "the best early 

 black -cap that we have seen. It is a very strong grower, nearly 

 thornless, very hardy, healthy, enormously productive, and of the 

 best quality. It is as large as Souhegan, and has proved three to 

 four days earlier." Missouri Hort. Soc. Eept. 1883: 79. 



Ebon Beauty. Found by F. L. Piers in a piece of woodland in 

 Indiana, in 1887. Reported inferior to Gregg in every respect, 

 except hardiness, at the Indiana Experiment Station. Mich. Exp. 

 Sta. Bull. Ill: 272. 



Ebony (Farnsworth). Originated as a chance seedling, about 

 1885, on the farm of W. W. Farnsworth, of Waterville, Ohio. 

 Said to be vigorous and productive. Medium to large, firm, seedy, 

 of good quality. 



Elsie. A seedling raised by Samuel Miller, of Bluffton, Mo., 

 who described it as very large and excellent. Said to be nearly 

 identical with Surprise. 



Emperor. Mentioned in the Mich. Exp. Sta. Bull. Ill, p. 273. 



Eureka. Said to have been discovered wild on the farm of 

 Jacob Smith, in Miami county, Ohio, by J. C. Kester, of New 

 Carlisle. Brought to notice by W. N. Scarff, of the same place. 

 Said to be equal to Gregg in size. Nearly as early as Palmer. 



Everlasting. Described in The Rural New-Yorker for 1882, 

 p. 669, as an autumn -fruiting variety, from Lawrence Co., Pa. 



Every Day .Commonly thought to be identical with the Ohio 

 Everbearing, but considered by Dr. Warder to be a much more 

 continuous bearer, fruiting almost continuously until frost. 



Fadely. Received at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station 

 from Joshua Fadely, of Sassafras, Va. Claimed to be everbear- 

 ing. A single year's test showed no great tendency in that direc- 

 tion. Pa. Exp. Sta. Bull. 32: 11. 



Fay (Fay's Thornless). A variety similar to Davison, bearing 

 few thorns. Fruit of good size, firm, black, with little bloom. 



Ferndale.A chance seedling found by W. B. K. Johnson, 

 Allentown, Pa., along the Delaware River. Described as vigorous, 

 with large but not numerous thorns. Productive. Fruit large, 

 black, with heavy bloom. Drupes large; berry rather close, but 

 firm, moderately juicy, of good quality and a good shipper, ripen- 

 ing a little earlier than Gregg. 



Florence. A yellow variety, originating in New Jersey. Intro- 

 duced about 1881. Said to be hardy and vigorous, with greenish 



