Catalogue of Varieties. 91 



lar, sweet, and rich ; too soft and dark colored for market, but 

 excellent for an amateur. Tender, and always requires pro- 

 tection in winter. Originated in Rochester, N. Y. Tested in 

 France, and pronounced there lacking in sugar. Fig. in 

 Thomas's Fruit Culturist, p. 418. 



* HOOPER'S SEEDLING. Conical and cockscombed, medium, very 

 deep crimson, highly glazed ; flavor rich and sweet. Thought 

 to be a seedling of Alice Maude. Fig. in Alb. de Pom. IV. 78. 



HOVEY'S SEEDLING (Hovey). (Syn. Germanto-wn, Toting* s 

 Seedling.} Very large, often measuring five and a half 

 inches in circumference; roundish ovate, slightly conical, with 

 a short neck ; never, or very seldom cockscombed ; dark 

 shining red ; paler when grown in the shade ; seeds dark, im- 

 bedded; flesh scarlet, firm, nearly solid, high flavored, and deli- 

 cious. Continues long in bearing Vines very vigorous, hardy, 

 making many runners; roots fine. Prefers a strong, rich soil; 

 if clayey, better still. Pistillate, and requiring a good fertilizer 

 in the proportion of one staminate plant to eight or ten Hov- 

 ey's. A standard market variety. Raised by C. M. Hovey 

 from a cross either of the Methven Scarlet with Keens's Seed- 

 ling, or of the Mulberry with Keens's Seedling. First fruited 

 in 1835. A splendid strawberry, whose introduction revolution- 

 ized strawberry culture in this country, and, being a pistillate, 

 caused more discussion than any other new fruit ever intro- 

 duced. The parent of many valuable seedlings, among which 

 the President Wilder outdoes all that have gone before. Fig. 

 in Fruits of America, I. 25. 



HUDSON. (Syn. Hudson's Pine, Hudson's Bay, Late Scarlet, 

 Tork River Scarlet, American Scarlet.} Medium, conical, fine 

 shining red; seeds variable in size, deeply set; flesh pale scar- 

 let, firm, of a brisk acid flavor. Leaflets concave, bluntly 

 serrate, yellowish above, with conspicuous veins. Runners 

 numerous, brown, and hairy. Flower stems shorter than leaf- 

 stalks. A good bearer in beds, and several years ago considered 

 a good market kind. Erroneously known as Atkinson's and 

 Hopwood's Scarlet. 



HUDSON'S EARLY. New. Said to be very early and promising. 



HUDSON'S No. 3. New. Untried. 



HUDSON'S No. 9. New. Said to be very large. 



HUNTSMAN'S FAVORITE (Huntsman). Medium, conical, scarlet, 

 high flavored, and productive. 



HUNTSMAN'S PISTILLATE (Huntsman). Described by the ori- 



