JENNY LIND SEEDLING STRAWBERRY. 



ture ; and on this account it was called the Summer Virgalieu. Quite likely it is a 

 cross between that and some very early sort. 



The tree is distinct in appearance, of erect and regular habit, moderately vigorous. 

 Young shoots — drab or light brown. Foliage and points of young shoots — somewhat 

 woolly. Wherever it succeeds as well as it does here in Western New York, it may 

 be cultivated advantageously for the market, as it never fails to bear large crops of 

 beautiful and good fruit that will always command ready sale and good prices. It 

 bears picking early. Indeed, it must be picked early, or it is pasty and worthless. 

 For a long time we regarded this Pear as of indifferent quality, having usually allowed 

 it to ripen almost fully on the tree. Of late, however, we have taken the precaution to 

 pick it before the color has very sensibly changed from green to yellow, and it ripens 

 off admirably, becoming melting, juicy, and excellent. It lacks sprightliness, but will 

 suit those who are partial to very sweet Pears. 



Fruit — medium size, two to two and a half inches in height, and the same in diam- 

 eter. Form — obovate, resembles a small White Doyenne. Stalk — about an inch 

 long, rather stout, and inserted in a slight depression. Calyx — large, open, in a shal- 

 low basin. Skin — smooth, clear pale yellow at maturity, with generally a blush, in 

 some cases a bright red cheek. Flesh — white, melting, juicy, very sweet, and slightly 

 musky. Ripe from 1st to 20th of August. 



It succeeds well on the Quince, judging from trees of some eight years' growth, in 

 full bearinsr. 



A DESCRIPTION OF THE JENNY LIND SEEDLING STRAWBERRY. 



BY JOSEPH BRECK, BOSTON, MASS. 



Therk are so many new things constantly brought up before the horticultural world, 

 and so much humbug about a great majority of them, that it is with some diffidence I 

 present to the public a description of the Jenny Lind Seedling Strawberry. It has 

 been exhibited for three successive seasons in the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's 

 rooms, and the writer, a member of the Fruit Committee, has had frequent opportuni- 

 ties to test and compare it with other varieties. It is entirely distinct from any other 

 sort in cultivation here. It possesses many excellences, and, in my humble opinion, is 

 worthy of general cultivation. One of our first confectioners, who deals largely in ice 

 creams, and who has used this as well as other varieties of Strawbenies to flavor them 

 with, says it is the best sort grown for that purpose. This speaks well for its flavor. 

 The Fruit Committee have repeatedly recommended it ; and gentlemen who have seen 

 it, speak in high terms of its appearance, and would gladly have paid a high price to 

 be in possession of it ; but as yet the originator, Mr. Isaac Fay, of Cambridgeport, has 

 kept it in his own hands. It will, however, be for sale this spring. 



The seed from which it was obtained, was from a cross of Mr. Fay's old seedling 

 and the Early Virginia. Fay's old seedling was a large Strawberry but little known, 

 and not considered equal to some other seedlings, and did not receive much attention, 

 but possessed some good qualities, particularly the size. The Jenny Lind does 

 come up in size to this seedling, but is larger than the Early Virginia, and 



