68 Catalogue of Varieties. 



1815. Fruit conical, dark dingy purple ; seeds little sunken ; 

 flesh buttery and high flavored. A great bearer, and early. 



BLACK PINE. (Syn. Read's Black Pine.} Originated with William 

 H. Reed, Canada West. Large, short conical, nearly black, 

 glossy ; seeds yellow, slightly imbedded ; flesh firm ; of excel- 

 lent flavor. Late. Fig. in Hort. XIV. 560. 



BLACK PRINCE (Wilmot)". Originated in England in 1820, and 

 known as Wilmot's Black Imperial. Seedling of Keens' s Impe- 

 rial. Medium size, spherical, hairy, very dark violet: seeds 

 slightly sunken ; flesh solid, very firm, rich dull scarlet, with 

 dark juice, a small core, and peculiar flavor. 



BLACK PRINCE (Cuthill). (Syn. Black Imperial, Malcolm? s Aber- 

 deen Seedling?) Sent out in 1848. A prodigious bearer, with 

 medium-sized, long conical, dark colored fruit; sour in dull 

 weather, dry and middling in hot. Said to force well. Fig. in 

 Alb. de Pom. IV. 78. 



BLACK ROSEBERRY (Williams). An old English variety, a cross 

 of the Roseberry with the Early Pitmaston Black. Fruit of 

 good size, bluntly conical, dark purple red; seeds sunken; flesh 

 dark red, solid, buttery, and juicy. Fig. in Pom. Mag I. 20. 



BLANCHE D'ORLEANS. An Alpine strawberry; described as 

 larger than the Old White Alpine. 



BLUSH PINE (?). 



BONTE DE ST. JULIEN (Carre). A very productive and delicious 

 berry. Fruit medium to large, brilliant, but rather dark red ; 

 flesh red, very sweet and high flavored. I have fruited this 

 kind, and esteem it highly. 



*BOSTOCK. (Syn. Rostock, Rostock Seedljng, Rostock Pine, Wel- 

 lington, Cone, Byram, Caledonian, Vernon's, Montague's, Pro- 

 lific Bath, New Bath, Whitley 's Pine, Seattle's Seedling. 

 Erroneously, Bath Scarlet, Chinese, Red Chili, Devonshire 

 Chili?) A somewhat celebrated English variety. An abun- 

 dant bearer. Fruit very large, nearly round, with a small neck; 

 dark shining red on the sunny side, light scarlet on the other; 

 seeds prominent; flesh pale scarlet, coarse, hollow; no flavor. 



BOSTON BEAUTY. A rather new seedling strawberry, said to 

 have originated near Boston. I have seen fruit of this variety 

 raised by Mr. Talbot, of South Dedham, Mass., which was large, 

 handsome, and good, but it seemed a little soft, and somewhat 

 resembled Rivers's Eliza. 



BOSTON PINE (Hovey). (Syn. Bartlett.~) A cross of the Grove 

 End Scarlet and Keens's Seedling. Medium to large, obtusely 

 conical, light crimson ; flesh light colored, sweet, and excellent. 



