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JAMES VEITCH (Gloede). New, 1868. Figured in Gloede's Cata- 

 logue for 1869, and described as very large, heart shaped, bright 

 vermilion red; seeds prominent; flesh rosy, with a central 

 cavity; sweet, perfumed, and having a marked apricot taste. 



JAMINETTE. A Belgian strawberry; conical, large, bright red; 

 flesh rosy, firm, sweet, and juicy. Said to be one of the most 

 productive of its class. 



JANUS (Bruant). New. Described as the best of the perpetual 

 strawberries, of good size, handsome, elongated, often lobed. 

 Bears a large crop, according to French authority, from 

 spring till fall. Figured in Gloede's Catalogue, 1868-9. 



JEANNE HACHETTE (Gloede). New, 1867. A handsome, coni- 

 cal fruit, pale rose; seeds brown and prominent; flesh snow 

 white, melting, sweet, and like that of the British Queen. 

 Said to resemble a Chili, but at the same time to be an abun- 

 dant bearer. 



JE ANNETTE. 



JENNINGS'S INDIANA. 



JENNY LIND (Isaac Fay). Conical, bright scarlet, handsome, 

 glossy, and of very good, sprightly, subacid flavor. A good 

 grower, and productive. One of the standard market kinds 

 grown in the vicinity of Boston. No variety has yet been able 

 to supplant it for an early crop ; but there are several spurious 

 kinds sold as the Jenny Lind, which accounts for some contra- 

 dictory reports. 



JENNEY'S SEEDLING (Jenney). Large, roundish conical, dark, 

 rich red, firm, rich, subacid, and good. A hardy, vigorous, 

 and moderately productive variety, formerly in considerable 

 repute. Late. Originated in New Bedford, Mass., in 1845. 

 Pistillate. The originator has grown thirty-two hundred 

 boxes, on three quarters of an acre. Fig. in Pardee, p. 72. 



BESSIE READ (Read). Large, roundish conical, light scarlet; 

 flesh soft, sweet, and rich. Originated with W. H. Read, Port 

 Dalhousie, C. W. (Downing.) 



JOHN POWELL. Originated in England at the royal garden at 

 Frogmore. Fruit medium to large, oval, with a very distinct 



