SELECTION OF VARIETIES. 59 
with long stout foot-stalks, productive for a staminate, 
and of good medium flavor. 
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WILLEY. 
This is an extraordinary bearer of round, medium- 
sized fruit of pleasant, sprightly, although not high 
flavor. This and Monroe Scarlet are the only straw- 
berries I have ever seen that bear apparently in clus- 
ters. It is not unusual for the Willey to produce 
sixty and seventy berries on a plant, and should never 
be cultivated in masses. It is solid enough for market, 
and its main defect is its size, and second-rate flavor. 
PRINCESS ALICE MAUDE. 
A handsome, long, oval, English fruit, of large size, 
fair productiveness, and medium flavor. It is unique 
in appearance, very early, and in the vicinity of 
Washington City it has become very popular, Profes- 
sor Page having succeeded in inducing it to adopt the 
ever-bearing habit. Its main defects are want of large 
productiveness and high flavor. Staminate, and good 
for market. 
BOSTON PINE. 
A good staminate seedling of Mr. Hovey, of Boston, 
and for our own cultivation we should give it a very 
early place in our lists; but with the mass of cultiva- 
