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What a beauty Craig - and linking that forward to a few listings from:

Annual report of the Board of Control of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station
Issue 6
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
Published by the Station under authority of Cornell University., 1888

So, what are the chances my seed for Japanese Striped (received in a trade) are one and the same as HCL ; also note the whitish specks id in FeeJee!! (Eva Purple Ball/Redfield Beauty)

No. 38. FEEJEE ISLAND RED, Thor., '83.

Syn. Feejee Improved, Greg., '87: Feejee Island (d), White.

The Feejee of Burr, also the Perfected, Syn. Lester's Perfected, It., Poma d'Oro Lesterano, is very probably this variety. The names Fidgl Island of VU. and Fiji Island of Veg. Garden refer to a distinct sort.

Fruit large to very large, red, with numerous and somewhat conspicuous whitish specks sprinkled over the surface; oblate; outline angular, and sometimes rather strongly corrugated; cavity medium; basin small in the more regular fruits, with a rather large russet spot at the bottom, ringed and fissured, often much distorted in the larger fruits; cells numerous, but usually small; flesh very thick, center remarkably well filled; firm; — plant extremely vigorous; foliage deep, dull, grayish green, leaflets broad, strongly blistered, deeply cut; calyx segments nearly or quite as long as corolla; — season very late.

Syn. Dwarf Orangefleld, Sib., '87.

Fruit small, averaging about 2 in. in diameter; roundish or slightly oblate, sometimes inclining to conic; outline somewhat angular, the surface presenting '2 or 3 rather obscure longitudinal furrows, corresponding to the number of cells; cavity very slight, scarcely furrowed; basin wanting; flesh thick, moderately firm; — plant very vigorous, leaves usually '2-pinnate; segments of leaflets very bluntly pointed; calyx segments as long as corolla; — season medium.

The fruit detaches very easily, with the calyx and a short section of the stem.

No. 16. HUBBARD'S CURLED LEAF, Sib., '83; Tick, '87.

Syn. Early York, Greg.,'83: Dwarf _Striped Japanese, Ben., '86: San Salvador ?, Dam., '86: Fr., Tomate du Japan naine striee, Ben., '86.

Fruit medium to small; strongly oblate; outline always more or less angular, often deeply corrugated; cavity medium, often very deeply furrowed; basin wanting; in the smaller fruits the center is marked by a very small spot, in the larger ones it is often very irregular; cells 4 to many, often not tilled by the seeds; flesh thick, soft, center not well filled;-—plant not vigorous, very spreading, foliage much shriveled; older leaves often twice-pinnate in the lower half; leaflets not much cut, segments rather rounded than pointed; calyx segments nearly or quite as long as corolla.

One of the earliest varieties, but aside from this is without merit.

And, as an aside, I found this rather interesting tidbit in same publication:

No. 49. GOLDEN QUEEN, Liv., '85; Vil., '87. Syn. Fr., Tomatejaune grosse lis.te, Vil., '87.

Fruit large, light clear yellow; oblate; outline rarely somewhat angular; cavity small, usually little furrowed; basin small, with an inclination to become ringed, rarely sufficiently irregular to deform the fruit; cells numerous, small; flesh very thick, moderately firm, center well filled;—plant very vigorous; leaves not often 2-pinnate, leaflets very broad except toward the terminii of the branches, little blistered; — season medium.

Another Golden Queen, seed from Thor., '87, was distinct from the above in having the fruit of medium size, and showing a considerable inclination toward red in the part opposite to the stem. The leaflets were also rather narrower, and the fruit ripened slightly earlier.