458 THE STRAWBERRY. 



Climax. 



Climax Scarlet. 



American. Pistillate. Fruit medinm, conical, slightlj necked, .^ght 

 scarlet, rather acid, very productive. E. & B. 



CORXUCOPIA. 



American. Pistillate. Fruit large, conical, scarlet, productive. W. 

 R. P. in Hort. 



Dundee. 



Scotch. Pistillate ; leaves light green, foot and fruit-stalks long, sup- 

 poning the clusters of fruit clear of the ground. Fruit medium to large, 

 roundish oval, very uniform, hght.pale clear scarlet; flesh firm, rich, acid, 

 high flavor ; very productive, extremely valuable as market berry, its pe- 

 riod of ripening being from five to ten days after Willey or Hudson. 

 Yines very hardy. 



DUCHESSE DK TrEYISE. 



A variety which as yet we do not know of having been fruited in this 

 country. Mr. R. Thompson, of the London Horticultural Society, thus 

 describes it: Presented to the Society by M. Jamin, Bourg-la-Eeine, near 

 Paris, September 6, 1851. Fruit middle-<ized, ovate, deep red ; seeds 

 small, rather deeply embedded ; flesh pale red, juicy, with a bri?k» rich 

 flavor; leaves large, roundish, widely and rather obtusely serrated ; leaf- 

 stalks moderately tall, very hairy, the hairs on these spreading horizon- 

 tally, but those on the scapes and runners are adpressed. Appears to be 

 a good bearer. 



Duke of Kent. 



Duke of Kent's Scarlet. | Austrian Scarlet, 



Early Prolific Scarlet. 



English. Staminate. Fruit small, roundish, conical, bright scarlet, 

 sharp, rather acid flavor, valuable only on account of its early period of 

 ripening ; vines hardy. 



Duncan's Seedling. 



English. New. Fruit large, dark rich red, fine flavor, productive. 

 Lately introduced. 



Eberlein's Seedling. 



American. Hermaphrodite ; vines vigorous ; flowers medium. Fruit 

 medium, conical compressed; seeds light-colored, prominent; color dark 

 ?<■•?,' let, "ood sli subtly acid flavor. Early, moderately productive. 



Genesee. 



American. Hermaphrodite ; vines luxuriant ; fruit-stalks stout, sup- 

 porting the fruit well. Fruit large, roundish, dark crimson, very produc- 

 tive. Ripens late. 



