96 Catalogue of Varieties. 



LA BONNE AIMEE (Malenfant). Fruit medium, very variable in 

 shape, bright rosy orange ; flesh white, firm, melting, and ex- 

 quisite. Hardy, productive, and very early. 



LA CHALONNAISE (Dr. Nicaise). Fruit large to very large, elon- 

 gated, flattened, bright rose; seeds prominent; flesh pure white, 

 firm, very sweet, juicy, and perfumed. Hardy, vigorous, and 

 productive. Spoken well of in France. 



LA CHATELAINE (Lebeuf). New, 1868. Figured by Gloede, 

 and described as very long conical, brilliant crimson red; seeds 

 superficial ; flesh white, very firm, sweet, juicy, and brisk fla- 

 vored. Hardy and productive. 



LA CONSTANTE (De Jonghe). 1854 or 1855. Fruit large, conical, 

 very rarely irregular; of a beautiful bright glossy red; seeds 

 prominent; flesh extremely firm, rosy white, sweet, juicy, and 

 exquisite. Plants compact, dwarf, requiring the highest cul- 

 ture, and producing comparatively few runners. Foliage apt 

 to burn in this climate. Imported into this country by Hovey 

 & Co., and by them first distributed. Grown to some extent 

 for the Boston market, where it commands the highest price. 

 A magnificent and very distinct berry, but very capricious, 

 sometimes disappointing the grower at the last moment. It is 

 the male parent of the President Wilder. In a recent letter to 

 me, De Jonghe still speaks of La Constante as "the type of 

 perfection." 



* LA DELICIEUSE (Lorio). Large, variable, apricot-yellow 

 color; seeds prominent; flesh yellowish, juicy, sweet, and per- 

 fumed. Plant more vigorous than hardy, and only moderately 

 productive. Described as a very distinct variety. A spurious 

 kind has been sold in this country, which I have fruited, and 

 found small, red, and nearly worthless. 



LA FERTILE (De Jonghe). 1861 or later. Fruit large, hand- 

 some, conical, deep red, with prominent seeds; interior flesh 

 color, firm, juicy, sweet, and brisk. Vigorous and productive. 



LA GROSSE SUCREE (De Jonghe). 1854 or 1855. Fruit large, 

 elongated cone, purple red when perfectly ripe ; seeds sunken ; 

 flesh white, sweet, and brisk. Said to be hardy, productive, and 

 very late. 



