SELECTION OF VARIETIES. 45 
“The ALPINES and Woops have small flowers, per- 
fect in their organs; small, thin, light-green leaves; fruit 
small, sweet, and separating freely from the calyx. 
“The HAUTBOIS have large, pale-green leaves, on tall 
foot-stalks, the fruit-stalk tall and erect, the fruit of a 
dull red or purplish color. 
“The CHILI, designated by hairy, thick, obtusely 
serrate leaves, fruit pale-red and insipid. 
“The GREEN Strawberries have light-green foliage, 
plaited fruit, solid flesh, so unworthy cultivation as 
rarely to be found in this country. 
“We have dropped the arrangement into classes in 
order.” 
The above classification is a distinct one, but we do 
not think quite correct, neither can we find or make 
one that is distinct and correct. 
SELECTION OF VARIETIES. 
This is a point of no small difficulty. One person 
wishes only the finest-flavored varieties for his own 
table, of which Burr’s New Pine and Swainstone’s 
Seedling are the head; another wishes all the showy 
and fancy varieties, such as the Bicton Pine, Black 
Prince, Alice Maude, &c.; another, still, cultivates for 
market, and wants large, bright-colored, solid-fleshed, 
