EUROPEAN STRAWBERRIES. 



siderable traces of it in this variety, blended, however, very much with the color, shape, 

 and flavor of the Pine; it is the best attempt I know to combine immense size with flavor. 

 Fruit very large, crimson scarlet, medium season, an excellent cropper; in dull weather 

 this vaiiety becomes very acid, but in clear warm sunny weather it is of first rate flavor. 

 In this fine climate this strawberry should have a trial. 



22. Myatt's Eliza. — Sent out about the same time as British Queen, but at present 

 little grown in England, being very much inferior to the latter in productiveness, size and 

 flavor. Can the variety so highly praised by Dr. Hull under this name be correct? Fruit 

 little more than medium size, ovate, deep scarlet color, ripens at mid-season, a middlin"- 

 bearer, and most certainly inferior to the Queen in flavor. 



23. MyatVs Globe. — If British Queen has a rival in England, this is the one; and after 

 that variety this is the best of Mr. Myatt's Seedlings. In foliage, size, color and flavor, 

 it resembles the Queen, and most probably is a seedling from it. Fruit of the largest size, 

 globular — though slightly elongated — very regular in shape and size, a good bearer, and 

 no strawberry can excel it in flavor. Here again is a variety which should have a liberal 

 trial. 



24. MyaWs Mammoth. — This variety is useless save for seeding; crossed with some of 

 the higher flavored fruits the progeny may be good, as flavor would be united to size. In 

 this is a great portion of the Chili blood, which should be mixed with the richest Pine. 

 Fruit the largest of all, roundish, crimson in the sun, in the shade nearly white, flavor 

 bad, nearly tasteless, a shy bearer. 



25. 3IyaWs Prince Gilbert. — Made its appearance about the same time as British 

 Queen; at present it is not much cultivated in England, ripening as it does, when most 

 strawberries are in season, and second to many in size and flavor. Fruit medium size, 

 conical, color a purplish crimson, flavor pretty good though not equal to a British Queen; 

 this is exceedingly prolific — I was about to say the most prolific of strawberries. 



26. MyaWs Pine. — This delicious old fruit is now little cultivated from its great shy- 

 ness in producing fruit, other more productive sorts having driven it out of culture. Fruit 

 large, bright scarlet and the highest flavor. 



27. MyatVs Prolific. — Very much in the way of Prince Albert, maturing its fruit 

 about the same time, but of better flavor. Fruit medium size, deep crimson scarlet, coni- 

 cal, rich flavor, and a prodigious bearer. 



28. Princess jflice Maud. — Raised from Keen's Seedling by Mr. Trollope of Bath, 

 England; throughout that country it has been extensively disseminated and cultivated, 

 yet in no part has it proved as fine as in its native locality, Bath; here, however, there is 

 naturally a good strawberry soil — a deep rich loam — where nearly all varieties acquire 

 the greatest perfection. It is much hardier than Keen's Seedling, and a better cropper, 

 though scarcel}' as good in flavor. Fruit large, round, purplish crimson, very productive, 

 good flavor and early. 



29. Red Jllpine. — This very old European strawberry, is of extremely easy culture, 

 not being particular as to soil or locality, and invariably productive. They are best rais- 

 ed from seeds, which, if sown early in spring, in pans, placed in a little heat to forward 

 them, pricking ofT into other pans when large enough, and finally into beds in the open 

 air, when of sufiicient size, by autumn they will give a good crop, and the following sea- 

 son bear plentifullj^ They should be renewed in this way frequently. Fruit small, co- 

 nical, bright scarlet, with peculiar delicate flavor. 



0. White Alpine. — Requires the same treatment, and is in every respect similar 

 red, save color, which is white. 



