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-^fl»fi,^1''-'f'''- ^edium oblate; yellow striped and blotched red ; 

 Vir i^a^ sub-acid. Said to bear transportation well. July. 



Early Pennock. Fruit large, roundish, conical ; striped bright red 

 on greenish yellow; stem long; cavity deep; irregular^ flesh 

 yellowish white rather coarse, sub-acid, of rather poor quality. 

 Esteemed at the West for its hardiness and productiveness. 

 August and September. ^ 



Early Red Margaret. Medium, round-ovate; striped with dull 

 red, somewhat russeted ; stalk half an inch long, thick ; basin 

 plaited, narrow, very shallow ; flesh sub-acid, tender, good wheij 

 tresh ; ripens at wheat harvest, scarcely earlier than Early Har- 

 vest. Shoots erect, downy ; moderate bearer. England. 



Fig. 359.— Golden Sweet. Fjo. 360.— Carolina Red June. 



Early Strawberry.* (American Red Jurieating, of Manning.') 

 Rather small, roundish, varying to round-ovate, and somedmes 

 quite conical ; surface indistinctly and finely striped with bright 

 and d6ep red, tinging faintly the flesh ; stalk slender, three-quar- 

 ters to an inch and a half long ; basin small and narrow ; flesh 

 white, tender, sub-acid, rather brisk, pleasant, not very rich. 

 Ripens one to three weeks later than Yellow Harvest. Growth, 

 very erect ; .leaves erect, finely crenate. Productive. Good in all 

 localities. New York. Fig. 361. 



Fourth of July, Above medium, roundish oblate, often slightly 

 conic ; striped red on pale yellow, with a white bloom ; flesh 

 yellowish, tender, rather acid, of moderate quality; ripens 

 very early, productive. Valuable for cooking and profitable for 

 market. Cultivated at the West. Of foreign origin. 



Foundling. Rather large, oblate-conic, ribbed ; striped red on yel- 

 lowish green; stalk short, slender, cavity large, basin .small, 

 furrowed; flesh yellow, tender, with a rich, sub-acid flavor. 

 Late summer. Massachusetts. 



Garden Royal. Below medium, roundish, slightly flattened at ends, 

 even and regular; surface with small, broken, red stripes on 

 yellow ground, deep red to the sun; stalk short, or half to three- 



