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as being an extremely heavy fruiter and can be seen a quarter of a 

 mile away. Proc. 74th Annual Conv. Amer. Assoc. Nurserymen, p. 138. 

 1949, female without descr. — select. 1940 and introd 1946 by W. C. 

 Frierson; Amer. Assoc. Nurs. Registr. No. 25, 1948, by W. C. Frierson. 

 Jessiana (H. Dengler, Amer. Nurseryman 127(10) : 85. 1968). A spelling 

 error. = Jersiana. 



Jingle Bells (Galle, Natl. Hort. Mag. 36(1): 25 1957)— leaves broad, 

 keeled and V-shaped, rich green, semiglossy; fruit very large, brilliant 

 red, tinged with orange; heav} r fruiting. Select, from West Virginia 

 by P. Bosley. 



Joanne (F. & F. Nurs., Springfield, New Jersey, Cat. p. 16. 1955, female 

 without descr.). Proc. 27th Meeting Holly Soc. Amer. p. 5. 1959 — 

 conical; strong growth, hardy; foliage dark green; fruit copious, dark 

 red; select, by A. Flemer about 1930 in Long Island, New York; Holly 

 Soc. Amer. Registr. No. 4-59 by R. C. Jennings. 



Joe Stephens (H. G. Mattoon, Plants & Gardens 3(4): 239. 1947)— 

 leaves medium size, good color; heavy fruiting with scarlet, ovate fruit 

 borne in clusters; original tree from a limestone ridge near limed fields 

 in a fence row in southwestern Virginia. Hume, Natl. Hort. Mag. 26(3) : 

 173. 1947 — good leaf, 2 to 3 inches long, similar to DuPre; fruit oblong, 

 in clusters, fair size; annual bearing. 



JOHN Banks (G. Malmborg, Amer. Nurseryman 85(11) : 47. 1947, with- 

 out descr.) — orig. in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Wister and others, 

 Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 32. 1953, male without descr. — select, by 

 W. Wheeler and E. C. White. D. Wyman, Arnoldia, 14(12): 72. 1954, 

 male without descr. — named and select, by Wilfred Wheeler. 



JOHN HiGGINS (Holly Haven, Whitesbog, New Jersey, Cat. p. 2. Fall 

 1951-Spring 1952) — dense, bushy; male. Wister and others, Holly Soc. 

 Amer. Bui. 6, p. 32. 1953, without descr. — Male; select, before 1949 and 

 introd. by E. C. White. 



Johnson (Breeze Hill Gardens, Harrisburg, Penns}dvania, Finding- 

 List. Ed. 10, p. 28. 1940, female without descr.) — rec. from J. Gable. 

 Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 32. 1953, without 

 descr.) — select. 1934 by J. Gable. Angelica Nurs., Mohnton, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Cat. Fall 1953-Spring 1954 — pyramidal; leaves medium size; 

 female. Appalachian Nurs., Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, List. No. 3. 

 1966 — an old variety with large leaves and large red fruit; very hardy; 

 select, by J. Gable and W. Dauber near Sumryburn, Pennsylvania. 

 J. Wells, Amer. Nurseryman 108(7): 63. 1958 — from a survey around 

 Stewarts town, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1935 for I. opaca that 

 survived the severe winter, —25° F., of 1934-35 in that area, J. Gable 

 select, this native tree that was growing in an exposed location on the 

 Johnson Farm near Sunnybrook r Pennsylvania. Select, by J. Gable and 



