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to be gathered, packed, and carried long distances without injury. 

 Hooper's Seedling is another of this class, very highly coloured, but 

 inferior to either of the above in flavour. Sir Charles Napier (Smith), 

 bright scarlet, pectinate, and very handsome ; very refreshing and 

 juicy, brisk, but not richly flavoured. Doubleday's No. 3, or Crimson 

 Queen (Myatt), is large, coarse, irregular, very pectinate, and deeply 

 furrowed. Colour bright cerise-scarlet. Flesh red throughout, brisk, 

 acid, not rich. It is reported to be a great cropper. British Queen 

 (Myatt) needs no description ; as it is always good where it succeeds, 

 which is generally on strong soils ; as also on light soils, or in dry 

 localities, is its near relative Carolina superba (Kitley), which is now 

 equally well known. Very nearly allied to British Queen is Double- 

 day's No. 2 (Myatt), both in colour and flavour, but scarcely equal in 

 the latter. It does not, therefore, appear in what point this variety is 

 desirable. Omar Pacha (Ward), was not distinguishable from Rival 

 Queen (Tiley), large, regular, and handsome, pale scarlet, general 

 conoid, somewhat cristate, refreshing flavour, after the way of British 

 Queen. Reported to be a good cropper. Surprise (Myatt), pale 

 scarlet, very cristate, very soft, acid, and deficient in flavour. 

 Wonderful (Jeyes), similar to the above, but longer in form, very 

 corrugate, seeds more numerous, firmer in flesh, juicy, and briskly acid, 

 with a medium flavour. Adair (Elphinstone) is handsome and highly 

 coloured, brisk, but not highly flavoured ; reported to be a strong 

 grower and medium cropper. Nimrod (Pince) was so nearly like 

 Adair both in fruit and foliage, that the meeting were unable to dis- 

 tinguish them. Admiral Dundas (Myatt) is large, conoid, somewhat 

 cristate, very rugged, and irregular ; colour pale red ; flesh white, very 

 juicy, brisk, and fine flavoured. Prince of Wales (Ingram) ; this 

 kind, now well known, is a favourite for forcing purposes ; it was 

 exhibited in good condition ; flavour rich and juicy. Elton Pine 

 (Myatt) ; this was scarcely ripe, but well grown. Filbert Pine 

 (Myatt); this variety deserves to be more known; pale-coloured, 

 very regular in form, medium size, conical, and handsome ; flesh pale, 

 with a pink core, firm and solid, with a rich nutty flavour. Eliza 

 (Rivers) was small, and not equal to its average quality. Incom- 

 parable (Continental). Mr. Turner reported that he had selected this 

 as the best out of a large number of continental varieties ; it was pale 

 in colour, regular in form, and distinct, but soft in flesh, and worthless 

 in flavour. Quinquefoiia ("Myatt), is a medium sized, elongated fruit ; 

 not a good grower, nor first-class in flavour. Black Prince (Cuthill), 

 not any better in quality than when reported on last year ; the only 

 merit this variety possesses is earliness, and a slightly perpetual habit, 

 which makes it also a late variety, May Queen (Nicholson), a small, 

 round, and coarse variety, very acid, utterly worthless. Mr. Jones, 

 gr. to E. Rosher, Esq., of Hamilton Terrace, St. John's Wood, exhi- 

 bited a remarkably fine dish of British Queen, as evidence of what may 

 be done within London in the way of Strawberry growing ; they were 

 large, well coloured, and very fine flavoured. 



For Seedling Strawberries the premium of One Guinea, offered by 

 Mr. Turner, was awarded to a dish of Oscar, exhibited by Mr. Bradley, 



