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I shall always feel it to be my duty, whenever I have something of 

 interest to say, to let others profit by it. The few sorts of Strawberries, 

 which you name, will be forwarded to you in February, weather per- 

 mitting ; and I trust you will kindly accept a few other varieties which 

 I may deem interesting ; as, for instance, La Constante, a plant ot 

 very dwarf habit, and of first-rate excellence in every respect. Of 

 the May Queen I have plenty, and shall add this also. It is the best 

 early sort in cultivation. Mr. Nicholson, its raiser, had fruit of it ripe 

 on the 28th of May, in the open ground. [The earliest pick here is 

 about the 18th of June generally; last year the 14th, under my south 

 wall. They are ten days later in the centre of the garden. I refer to 

 Sir Harry in all the above instances. — W. F. R.] La Chaloneuse is 

 one of the finest flavoured fruit known, and if it succeed well at your 

 place it will give you satisfaction. It appears that you like musk in 

 the flavour of Strawberries. I shall send you Cuthill's Princesse 

 Royale, which here is a shy bearer, but of very fine flavour. Then 

 La Baron, by Prince of New York, a very good early sort, very rich, 

 though of middle size only. Excellente (Belgian), first rate, and very 

 aromatic. Ne plus ultra (Belgian), very large, sweet, and extremely 

 dark in colour (nearly black, when fully ripe). If you like, I shall 

 send you the white Alpine, also a little seed of the bush Alpine, red 

 and white, for border edges. [I should think they would be good sub- 

 stitutes for box. W. F. R ] There will of course be Vindis, a curious 

 sort, of good vinous flavour, but rather small. Do you know Mr. 

 Rivers' Eliza ? [I have ordered it from Mr. R. W. F. R.] It is a 

 very good sort, and I can send it along with the others. Mr. Powell, 

 in his Strawberry article, praises the fertilized Hautbois, of Myatt. 

 [So did Mr. Tiley, who sent it to me ; but, owing to its being planted 

 in the depth of winter, it bore no fruit this last year. W. F. R.] It 

 is good, but I do not consider it so much so as the improved Hautbois, 

 large flat Hautbois, the black Hautbois, Belle Bourdelaise, and Marquise 

 de Latour Maubourg. There is still a very old sort, Myatt's Pine 

 Apple [I wish Mr. Myatt would send me his direction. W. F. R.], 

 perhaps the best of all, but a very shy bearer ; still worth a place in 

 the garden. 



1 shall accept with thanks the few plants of Cinquefolia [Myatt's, 

 and said by a very good judge, Mr. Hecter, to be first-rate. W. P. R.j 

 you kindly offer me, and also a few of what you call Old Carolina. 

 [I saved no young plants last year ; they are in lines a foot apart, alter- 

 nately two and three years old next July. The three years old have 

 been cropped once, and the two years old were purposely disfruited last 

 year. W. F. R.] There are so many Strawberries called Old Carolina 

 that I should like to find out the true sort. The Carolina Superba 

 here is not delicate at all. [Tiley told me it was ; but under the 

 eaves of my south wall it looks exceedingly well. It was, however, 

 planted this last January twelvemonth, and totally disfruited last year. 

 I never fruit a weak plant. W. F. R.] I fear that you have not got 

 the true C. S. If you like, I will send you the true C. S. [I believe 

 mine to be perfectly true ; Monsieur Gloede is not aware of the differ- 

 ence between a French and Engliah winter. As regards my situation, 



