Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . to eat thisyear August i, although they were ready to ship, and a very fewwere edible, some three or four days before this time. It ispractically the season of the Red June, although tending to be atrifle later. The tree is a strong, upright grower with heavythick foliage. It does not seem to be so uniformly productiveas some other varieties, although it tends to bear very heavily attimes. It is readily distinguished from other early varieties byits globular or flatened shape, by the cavity around the pit andby its peculiar flavor. Its quality is ind
Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . to eat thisyear August i, although they were ready to ship, and a very fewwere edible, some three or four days before this time. It ispractically the season of the Red June, although tending to be atrifle later. The tree is a strong, upright grower with heavythick foliage. It does not seem to be so uniformly productiveas some other varieties, although it tends to bear very heavily attimes. It is readily distinguished from other early varieties byits globular or flatened shape, by the cavity around the pit andby its peculiar flavor. Its quality is indifferent—not so good asthat of the Red June nor so bad as that of the Willard. It issaid to be one of the best for canning. 9. Berckmans.—Fig. 31. Fruit of medium size, round-oblong with a tendency to havea blunt point, more or less angular in cross-section, the suturenot prominent; color deep bright red, especially when exposed. 30.—Ojion. A second-early yelloiv variety. 140 Bulletin 175. to the sun, more or less yellow-splashed on the shaded side; fleshfirm and sweet, cling or semi-cling, becoming drj^ and insipidwhen fully ripe. Ripe this year on the 4th to 6th of August withthe earliest trees of Abundance. In 1896, it also ripened withAbundance or just ahead of it. In 1897, the same trees ripenedtwo weeks later than Abundance. It is an upright grower, with
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