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THE STRAWBERRY. 



Longworth's Prolific. 



Schneieke's Seedling. 



Originated at Cincinnati at same time 

 as McAvoy's Superior, and on similar 

 ground ; both on the land of Mr. Long- 

 worth known as the "Garden of Eden." 

 For market culture we regard it of more 

 value than McAvoy's Superior. Flowers, 

 hermaphrodite ; vines, hardy ; foot-stalks, 

 long, stout ; leaf, broad, round, bold, up- 

 right, with a curve; trusses, large, full, stand 

 up well from the ground; productive, regu- 

 lar, and sure bearer. Fruit, above me- 

 dium to large, generally regular, roundish, 

 or obovate, sometimes slightly conical or 

 coxcomb ; color, rich, dark crimson ; seeds, small, deeply imbedded ; 

 flesh, firm, bright red, with veins of white, and a white rim sur 

 rounding the core, which is obovate rounded, sub-acid, rich, high, 

 not delicate flavor; cali/x, around stem, is large, long acumJnate, 

 and the stem set deeply into the fruit. Ripens medium season, oi 

 with " Hudson. " 



McAvoy's Superior. 



McAvoy's No. 12. 



Originated at Cincinnati, in 1848, on loamy clay soil underlaid 

 with limestone. Received the prize of $100 from the Cincinnati 

 Horticultural Society, 1851. Flowers, pistillate: vines, hardy ; foli- 

 age, broad, dark, wavy, and sharply serrated ; foot-stalks, long : 

 tricsses, full and wxll formed ; fruity very large, exceeding by one- 



