78 Catalogue of Varieties. 



very unproductive, with light green, unhealthy looking foliage, 

 and bearing a few enormous crimson, misshapen, cockscombed 

 berries, often ripe on one side, and green on the other. Flesh 

 soft, hollow, very poor flavor. Fig. in Rev. Horticole, 1865, 



P- 375- 



DOCTOR THOMPSON (De Jonghe). New, 1869. Leaves deep 

 green, without lustre; lobes horizontal, regularly incised; 

 corolla small ; fruit medium to large, conical, regular, shining 

 cherry red; seeds abundant, slightly sunken ; flesh pale cherry, 

 juicy and brisk. 



DOWNER'S PROLIFIC (Downer). Originated in Kentucky. Me- 

 dium to large, roundish oval, light scarlet; seeds deeply im- 

 bedded; flesh soft, acid, good flavor, and perfume of the wild 

 strawberry. Early, hardy, and productive. I have had a bed 

 bear a good crop of medium berries after three years' neglect. 

 Good for a near market. 



*DOWNTON (Knight). (Syn. Knights Seedling, Knighfs Straw- 

 berry.} An old and formerly much esteemed English straw- 

 berry. Originated about 1817, being a cross between the 

 so-called Old Black strawberry, and a large Scarlet. Fruit 

 large, ovate, often cockscombed, dark purple scarlet ; flesh scar- 

 let, firm, and very high flavored. Fig. in Pom. Mag. II. 52, 

 and Lond. Hort. Soc. Trans. III. 396. 



DUCHESSE DE BEAUMONT (Lorio). Large to very large; varia- 

 ble, bright shining red; seeds superficial ; flesh rosy, with red 

 veins, juicy, sweet, and perfumed. Plant vigorous and produc- 

 tive. Medium in ripening. 



DUCHESSE DE BERGUES. A white wood strawberry, said to be 

 large and productive. 



DUCHESSE DE TREVISE. Syn. of Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury. 



Due DE BRABANT. Large, long conical, bright shining red, 

 musky and agreeable. 



Due DE MALAKOFF (Gloede). One of the most satisfactory 

 French varieties that I have fruited for an amateur's strawberry. 

 Berries enormous, sometimes weighing one and one half 

 ounces; variable, cockscombed, dull red; seeds prominent; 

 flesh very juicy, and with a sort of mulberry flavor. Vigorous, 

 moderately productive, and as hardy as any foreign kind. Said 

 to be a cross of a Chili and the British Queen. 



Du POTAGER IMPERIAL DE VERSAILLES. A French sub-variety 

 of the Alpine class. 



DUDSON HOUSE SCARLET. 



