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Green Strawberry. 



Green Pine, | Green Wood, 



Green Alpine. 



CiiUivated only ty the curious. Small, roundish, whitish green. 



Hovey's Seedling. 



American Pistillate. Flowers small ; vines vigorous ; leaves broad, 

 roundish, distinct from all other varieties; leaf and fruit-stalks t^hort and 

 stout. Fruit very large, roundish ovate, slightly conical, with a short 

 neck ; color, when fully exposed to the sun, dark rich shining red ; seeds 

 dark ; Hesh scarlet, firm, bears carriage well, but is deficient in richness of 

 flavor. In rich, deep, loamy soils, and supphed with a good impregnator, 

 this variety will give immense crops of large fine fruit. In common 

 or sandy soils it perfects only a few large berries. We think " McAvoy's 

 Superior" will entirely supersede it. The " Methven Scarlet" has been 

 largely disseminated in Illinois and iarther west States as Hovey's Seed- 

 ling. Newly planted beds require a covering of litter in winter. 



Hudson. 



Hudson's Bay, I Late Scarlet, 



Old Hud^ion, I American Scarlet. 



Pistillate. More extensively cultivated than any other variety : its 

 hardihood and late period of maturity, together with its fine rich acid 

 flavor, so valuable for preserving, will continr ? for years to bring it abun- 

 dant in the markets of our large cities. In the rich clay lands around 

 Cincinnati it grows to such size as frequently to have been mistaken for 

 Hovey's. It must, however, gradually give place to such varieties as 

 Longworth's Prolific, Western Queen, &c. Fruit above medium, ovate, 

 often with a neck ; seeds deeply imbedded ; color rich dark glossy red ; 

 flesh firm, of a high, brisk, acid flavor. Should be permitted to hang until 

 fully matured. Season rather late. 



Hooper's Seedling. 



English. Staminate. Fruit medium, conical, dark rich red, good flavor, 

 productive. Late. 



Iowa Male. 



American. Staminate. Fruit medium, round conical ; seeds deeply 

 imbedded ; color pale red ; core ovate conical, marked with a greenish 

 line ; flesh yellow ; flavor delicate ; moderate bearer. 



Jenny Lind. 



Staminate. Size rather large; form conical, perfect, generally with 

 short neck; seeds moderately sunk in oval cavities; color bright light 

 scarlet ; flesh white, nearly solid, heavy, tender and juicy flavor, pleasant 

 sub-acid, and under favorable circumstiinces highly perfumed. Early, 

 ripenino- with the Early Virginia, but more prohfic Quality " very 

 good." " (Wilder, MS.) 



