264 NKW KSCULliNT VKUETAHLES AND l-TvUIT;* 



who can may fiirii to account. But it is iieccssiry to observe 

 that it requires good tall sticks, and these are too expensive, 

 excepting- for those who have their own plantations to cut from. 



Duchessc de Trccise iSlraivherri/. 



Presented to the Society by M. Janiin, liourg-la-Reine, near 

 Paris, Sept. 6, 1851. 



Fruit middle-sized, ovate, tleep red ; seeds small, rather deeply 

 embedded ; flesh pale red, juicy, with a brisk rich Ha\ our. 

 Leaves large, roundish, widely and ratlier obtusely serrated. Leaf- 

 stalks moderately tall, very hairy, the hairs on these spreading 

 horizontally, but those on the scapes and runners are adpressed. 



Appears to be a good bearer, ripening quite as early as Keens' 

 .Seedling. It will require to be planted as widely apart as the 

 sort just mentioned. As far as can be judged of it in the present 

 season it seems deserving of cultivation, or, at all events, cer- 

 tainly of further trial. 



Salter s Versaillaiae Strawberry. 



Presented to the Society by Mr. .John Salter, Nurseryman, 

 Hammersmith, Oct. 24, 18.52. 



Fruit large ovate, sometimes flattened or cockscomb-shaped ; 

 dark red ; seeds rather deeply embedded ; flesh pale, juicy and 

 rich. Leaves middle-sized, roinidish-oval, widely serrated. Leaf- 

 stalks, scapes and runners hairy, the hairs spreading almost hori- 

 zontally. A good bearer, ripening about the same time as 

 Keens' Seedling, to which it will doubtless be preferred by those 

 who like a brisker flavour than is possessed by Keens' Seed- 

 ling. On the whole, it is worthy of recommendation, being 

 large and a good bearer ; many of tlie new sorts have these pro- 

 perties only, but this has also good flavour. 



BeadnelVs Seedling Pear. 



This was raised by John Beadnell, Esq., West Green Roatl, 

 Tottenham, and cuttings of it were presented by him 

 to the Society. 



The fruit is nearly middle-sized, turbinate, stalk short; eye 

 a little open ; skin pale yellowish-green on the shaded side, red 

 next the sun, much speckled with whitish-grey dots. Flesh 

 melting, exceedingly juicy, and ricii. It is not buttery, but so 

 melting, when used in its full })erfection, that one can scarcely 

 say whether he is not rather drinking than eating. Its period of 

 ripening varies between the nuddle of September and that of 



