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tijjs, but later it develops suckers which load with fruit as if the}' were 

 sul)terranean stems of the parent plants. A satisfactory home variety. 

 Kansas. 



Caroline. — Medium to large, roundish oblate; color salmon j'ellow. 

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

 use and near markets. New York. 



Catawissa. — Size medium, round, somewhat llattened; color dark 

 reddish purple; quality verj' good. .Still grown in Xew York and 

 (Jeorgia. 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, 

 suliaeid, good. Commerciallj' grown in several States. Xew 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 pro])agated locally nearly forty years ago. Iowa. 



Philadelphia. — Jledium, roundish; color dark crimson or purplish 

 red. Flesh quite soft, juicy, well-Havorcd, good. The true varietv 

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

 to the top. This is still valual;)le below the forty-second parallel 

 East and West. Pennsylvania. 



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

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

 and it endures drouth much better than Shaft'cr. In Iowa this 

 varietv is rapidly Ijecoming commercial. 



Rehance. — Large, roundish, or roundish oblate; color red or 

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

 coming commercial. Xe«- Jersey. 



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

 good. Season, later than its jiarent the C'uthbert. One of Professor 

 Saimders' valuable productions. Canada. 



Shaffer (Shfiffcr's Colossal). — Large, nnmdish; color dark red or 

 dull pm-ple. Flesh soft, quite acid, good; starred and douMc-staiTcd 

 across the continent. It has the Klackcai) haliit, but the fruit is 

 much like the red varieties in color and ilavor. Xew Yorlc. 



