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large to above medium, retains size well till close of season, de- 
eidedly variable in first pickings, improving later, varies from cox- 
<omb to wedge or roundish conic, surface irregularly furrowed, dull 
medium to dark scarlet. Flesh good color, firm, mildly acid, 
pleasant flavor, good to very good. Requires care in picking to 
avoid green tips. General appearance somewhat seedy. Worthy 
of more extended trial. 
~Great Scott—(S. H. Warren, Weston, Mass.) Imperfect. 
Originated in 1902 by John Scott, Newton, Massachusetts. Intro- 
duced in 1904 by Mr. Warren. A hand pollenized seedling of 
Bubach and Belmont. Plants few, below medium in vigor, healthy, 
ainproductive. Leaves of medium size, light green; leaf stems. be- 
‘low medium in length, slender. [Fruit stems short to medium, 
variable in thickness, often double, prostrate. Blooms and ripens 
in midseason, picks easily. Calyx medium in size, not leafy, re- 
‘flexed, decidedly sunken. Seeds sunken. Fruit very large to me- 
dium, retains size well in later pickings, roundish conic to decided 
wedge, sometimes double, light to dark glossy scarlet. Flesh me- 
dium red, firm, considerably acid, not high in flaver, poor to fair in 
.quality. Berries strongly and characteristically flattened. Sur- 
_ passed by other varieties. 
“Helen Gould.—(M. Crawford Co., Cuyahoga Falls, O.) Im- 
‘perfect. Originated by J. R. Peck, Breckenridge, Missouri, about 
1896. Introduced in the spring of 1907 by the Crawford Com- 
pany. It is a seedling of Jewell fertilized by Jessie. Plants very 
few, not vigorous, healthy, unproductive. Leaves small to medium, 
moderately light green; leaf stems short, slender to medium. Fruit 
stems very short, thick, double, prostrate. Blooms and ripens in 
midseason, picks rather easily. Calyx of average size, unattractive 
in color, flat. Seeds sunken to medium. Fruit above medium to 
medium in size, roundish conic to blunt wedge, dull, dark scarlet. 
Flesh dark red, firm, agreeably acid, pleasant flavor, fair to good. 
Unattractive in general appearance. 
Hummer.—(W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md.) Perfect. Introduced 
by Mr. Allen.. Plants numerous, vigorous, slight amount of leaf 
blight, above medium in productiveness. Leaves large to very large, 
dark green; leaf stems above medium in length, thickish. Fruit 
stems medium to long, thick, usually branched, somewhat erect. 
Blooms in midseason, ripens slightly after midseason, picks easily. 
