9^; the strawberry. 



Metcalf's Early. 



Origin, Niles, Mich. Plant hardy, Yigorous, moderately productive. 

 Fruit snrnll, roundish, iAclining to oval, light scarlet. Flesh leather 

 soft, mild acid. Not very early. 



Methven Scarlet. 



Methven Castle. Keen's Seedling of some. 



Warren's Seedling. Higgins' Seedling. 



Southampton Scarlet, British Queen of some. 



An English variety, of large size, roundish pr coxcomb-shaped, rather 

 dull scarlet. Flesh soft, and of indiiferent flavor. Pistillate. 



Monitor. 



Raised by A, S. Fuller. Hermaphrodite. 



Fruit medium. to large, roundish conical, with a neck, bright scarlet. 

 Flesh dry, coarse, firm. Poor. ' Carries well to market. 



Monroe Scarlet. 



Raised by Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y. Pistillate. Plant 

 vigorous and productive. 



Fruit rather large, roundish, light scarlet. Flesh tender, juicy, and 

 of very good flavor. 



Montevideo Pine. 



:■ Raised by Wm. R. Prince. Hei'maphrodite. 



Fruit large, conical, pineapple flavor, ripening late. (W. R. P. in 

 Hort.) . 



.' MoYAAteNsiNG. ; 



^ Raised by Gerhai-d Schmitz, of Philadelphia. Pistillate. Moderately 

 vigorous and productive. 



Fruit medium to large, broadly conical, deep. crimson. Seeds niimer- 

 ous, deeply embedded. Flesh red, rather firm, pretty briskly acid, much, 

 like Hudson. 



Myatt's Eliza. 

 Omer Pacha. Rival Queen. 



An English variety, of fine fla\ or ; but, like most of its class, a poor 

 bearer. Hermaphrodite. 



Fruit medium to large, roundish conical, with a glossy neck, light 

 glossy scarlet. Flesh rich, sweet, delicious. 



Naomi. 



An accidental American seedling. 



Fruit medium, roundish, inclining to oval, quite deep scarlet. Flesh 

 white, swe^et, soft, not high-flavored. 



