Earliana

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Earliana
Maturity early
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type regular
Fruit color red
Fruit shape globe, oblate
Fruit size medium
Fruit type slicer
Variety type commercial heirloom
Country USA


B.C KO T

Early, compact indet., about 3' tall, regular leaf plant with round slightly oblate red fruit, 4-5 oz. Taste is good, but not great, a bit too juicy and mild for me. Ripe and almost ripe fruit develop concentric and radial cracking in heavy rain. It was not very productive for me in the cooler and wetter than normal summer of 2008.

Seed source:

Mireille Blais, Quebec, Canada 07

Year grown: 2007 (crop failure), 2008

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)


TX GU R

65 days, indet., neat looking plant, 4-6 oz fruit in clusters, good tasting.
Source 
Sand Hill Preservation Center

Location: Pasadena, Texas


History

  • Developed by George Sparks of Salem, New Jersey and was first offered commercially in 1900 by Johnson and Stokes of Philadelphia.
  • Offered in Thorburn's Seeds 1908 Catalog, described as "extra-early, bright red, smooth".
  • Accession number: PI 212421, LA3238. Donated to USDA in 1954.
  • Description from 1935 Livingston Seed Catalog:
"Earliana. (Favorite type). The plants are compact in growth, with short, close-jointed branches, setting fruits very early. With our strain of Earliana the fruits are bright red, of uniform medium size, fleshy, solid and smooth. 55 days."

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