NOTES ON STRAWBERRIES 



of the collection of Strawberries growing at 

 the Garden, at Chiswick, was deputed to a Sub-Committee of the 

 Fruit Committee, which met from time to time during the 

 fruiting season, and tested the qualities of such kinds as were in 

 a condition for examination. The excessively hot dry weather 

 was, however, unfavourable to some of the late varieties which 

 had been planted, and prevented satisfactory notes being taken of 

 them. The Sub-Committee, moreover, thought it desirable that 

 much more complete collections should in future seasons be 

 planted out for the especial purpose of obtaining more complete 

 information on the subject. The following are the notes and 

 observations made : — 



Ajax {NicholsoTij.—Fmit large, roundish, deep red ; calyx 

 small, reflexed ; seeds slightly embedded ; flesh pale red, juicy, 

 and tolerably rich. Leafstalks hairy, very tall and strong; 

 leaflets, of which there are sometimes five, very large, broad, 

 widely serrated. Altogether the plant is of extraordinary vigour, 

 but a shy bearer, growing too much to leaf in the open ground ; 

 yet it answers well in forcing, its excessive vigour being checked 



old Hautbois fertilised by the Alpine. It appeared, however, 

 be exactly the same as the Prolific or Conical Hautbois. 



British ftueen Seedling — Fruit middle-sized, obtusely conical, 

 dark red. In point of flavour, this variety was found to be so 

 much inferior to the British Queen, that it was pronounced to be 

 not worth growing. 



Captain Cook (Nichohon).~Fmit generally roundish-ovate, 

 but irregular, red with frequently a green point; flavour scarcely 

 second-rate. Habit of the plant rather dwarf. Leafstalks hairy ; 

 leaflets small, oval, sharply serrated, glaucous beneath. 



Comte de Paris (Felvilain). — Fruit large, roundish heart- 

 shaped ; flesh pale red throughout, firm, and very acid. Leaf- 

 stalks slightly hairy, the hairs adpressed; leaflets roundish 

 obovate. The fruit was considered too acid for dessert. 



Dnchesse de Trevise — See Vistomtesse Hericart de Thury. 



