[cottonpicker]

First of all, let me say I thoroughly enjoy this thread discussing "yesteryear varieties". I read earlier in the thread that the origins of Earliana were unknown. This piqued my curiosity since I remember my grandparents mentioning & planting Earliana in their western Oklahoma garden in the 1940s-1950s. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought Earliana referred to "Sparks Earliana" which originated in the 1890s--1900 through a selection (sport) from "Stone" (origins unknown) by George Sparks of New Salem, NJ and was first offered in the Johnson & Stokes catalog of 1900.

LarryD