20 THE STRAWBERRY IN NORTH AMERICA 



after it had won recognition abroad. Large Early Scarlet 

 was catalogd here in 1824. 



Following the production of Keens' Seedling in 1819, 

 by Michael Keens, of Isleworth, England, quite a 

 number of "Pines," mostly descendants of this variety, 

 were introduced here, as well as a number of English varie- 

 ties of the Scarlet. Keens' Seedling was listed by Prince 

 in 1824. In 1827 William Prince cultivated thirty varie- 

 ties in his Linnaean Garden, of which he valued Old Scarlet, 

 Early Hudson, and Hudson's Bay most highly. Few of 

 the imported Pine varieties were sufficiently successful 

 here to warrant their cultivation except in home gardens, 

 and even there they required a great deal of coddling. 

 A notable exception was the Mulberry, which C. M. 

 Hovey reported in 1835 as "extensively cultivated around 

 Boston for the market," and w^hich he used in making 

 the crosses that produced the Hovey. 



One European variety of the Scarlet, introduced about 

 1825, gained a strong foothold here. In 1832 the Genesee 

 Farmer, of Rochester, New York, acknowledged : " The 

 distribution of the Methven Scarlet through this western 

 country, by Messrs. Buel and Prince, has given an entirely 

 new impetus to the cultivation of the strawberry." This 

 variety, a seedling of Hudson's Bay, was quite widely 

 grown until about 1845. In 1838 it was quoted on the 

 Boston market at fifty to seventy-five cents a box, which 

 was higher than Keens' Seedling. In 1835 William 

 Prince, who had the best horticultural collection in 

 the country, offered for sale fifty varieties, of which 

 Hudson's Bay, Large Early Scarlet, Early Hudson 

 and Morrisania Scarlet were the only sorts of North 

 American origin. He adds, "Many other kinds have 

 been imported." 



