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STRAWBEnniES, 



ains of Mexico: foliage roseinblt's tlio, Alpiini varit-tics of Europe, and very distinct 

 from all other. American species, fruit scarlet, and of Jnoderate size. 



*i35. Amanda Short conical, light scarlet, juicy, good flavor, ])roductive. r. 



*56. Heroine. — Good size, light scarlet, conical, fine flavor, productive, v. 



*57. Psi/che. — Large, conical, scarlet, beautiful, excellent flavor, very productive, p. 



''''oS. Troubadour. — Large, elongated cone, crimson, good flavor, productive, p. 



*59. Victorinc. — Large, scarlet, fine flavor, very productive, late flowering, estima- 

 ble, p. 



*C0. Imperial Scarlet. — Large, light scarlet, excellent flavor, and will probably 

 prove one of the most estimable. It fruited for the second time the past summer, p. 



*G1. Prince's Climax. — A very hardy and robust variety, surpassing almost every 

 other in the vigor of its growth and its large foliage. The fruit is borne on strong 

 stems, and exceeds all others in average'size without any small berries. It is of the 

 most beautiful light scarlet color, and the best suited of all the varieties for a splendid 

 market fruit. The flavor is very pleasant, but not equal to Le Baron and other 

 highest flavored varieties. It is pistillate, and exceedingly productive, and presents 

 the most admirable display of fru't we have ever beheld, p. 



62. Large Earlg Scarlet, or Early Virginia, is so well known that it may seem 

 unnecessary to describe it. The fruit is of secondary size, light scarlet, and of pleasant 

 flavor, and it produces one-third to one-half of a full crop. It has served very gen- 

 erally as a fertilizer, resulting often from circumstance than from choice. Its blossoms 

 expand too early for impregnation of the numerous later varieties, and on this account 

 *■• Le Baron^^ is mucli preferable as well as for its larger and finer fruit and the 

 abundance of its crops, and for an early flowering fertilizer the "Trmwp/i" is much 

 to be preferred. 



63. Bicton Pine. — Large, white tinged with pink, good flavor, moderate bearer, 

 only valuable for its color. 



64. British Queen. — A very large and splendid fruit, and of fine flavor, but utterly 

 worthless for its unproductiveness in our climate, unless great pains are taken in its 

 culture. A bushel may be grown from other varieties more easily than a quarter 

 from this. A pistillate variety from this one would be very valuable, as its sexuality 

 would remedy the barrenness of the parent. 



65. Princess Royal. — Large, dark scarlet, conical, good flavor, ripens late, poor 

 bearer. 



66. Elton Pine. — A large and splendid fruit, fine flavor, ripens late, a poor bearer; 

 but this and the preceding will produce some admirable fruit, if especial pains are 

 given to strengthen the soil and to detach all the runners. 



67 to 71. Myatfs Black Rock, Eleanor, Globe, Mammoth and Prolific, are Eng- 

 lish Hermaphrodite varieties, mostly of good flavor, but poor bearers in our climate, 

 and their foliage is very subject to be burnt by our powerful sun. The Mamrrtoth, 

 though large, is of miserable flavor. 



2. Goliath [Kitley''s) — It has been much lauded, but is now denounced in Eng- 

 publications as " a shy bearer and insipid in flavor." 



