302 NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST. 



bright scarlet color ; the seeds more or less deeply imbed- 

 ded, with ridged intervals; the flavor acid, with a slight 

 perfume. Barnet, in Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. 



21. BLACK ROSEBERRY. Pom. Mag. Barnet. Lind- 



ley. 



The fruit is of good size, obtusely conical, deep purplish 

 red, and shining ; the seeds are slightly imbedded ; flesh 

 dark red near the outside, solid, buttery, and juicy, and of 

 excellent flavor. 



22. DUKE OF KENT'S SCARLET. Barnet. Pom. Mag. 



Lindley. 



Austrian Scarlet of Lindley, Cluster Scarlet, Globe Scarlet, 

 JVba Scotia Scarlet, Duke of York's Scarlet, Early Prolific 

 Scarlet. 



The fruit is nearly globular, of rather small size; of a 

 fine scarlet ; seeds deeply imbedded, with sharply-ridged 

 intervals ; the flesh is solid, pale scarlet ; flavor sharp, 

 pleasant, and peculiar. 



23. GROVE END SCARLET. Barnet. Pom. Mag. 

 Atkinson's Scarkt, Wilmofo Early Scarlet. 



A first-rate strawberry, and an abundant bearer. The 

 fruit is of considerable size, depressed, spherical, of a 

 bright vermilion color ; seeds slightly imbedded, with flat 

 intervals ; flesh pale scarlet, firm, with a core ; flavor 

 agreeable, and slightly acid. 



24. *METHVEN SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 172. 

 Methven Castle, Southampton Scarlet. 



Fruit very large, cordate, compressed, or cockscomb- 

 formed at times, or conical ; dark scarlet ; seeds pale yel- 

 low, not deep set; flesh scarlet, very woolly, sometimes 

 hollow. One of the most productive and profitable for 

 cultivation, and as such it is highly esteemed near Bos- 

 ton. Of good flavor, but not first-rale. 



25. *OLD SCARLET. Pom. Mag. Lindley. Barnet. 

 Ecarlate efe Virginia of the French, Scarkt, Early Scarlet, 



Original Scarlet, Early Virginia Scarlet. 

 A middle-sized, globular fruit, of a light scarlet color; 

 slightly hairy ; seeds deeply imbedded, with ridged inter- 

 vals; flesh pale scarlet, firm, and high-flavored. A good 

 bearer, ripening early ; valuable for preserving. Esteemed, 

 near Boston, as one of the most sure and profitable of 

 strawberries for an early crop. There are no male va- 

 rieties of this fruit. 



