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strawberry. The plants are hardy and vigorous, yielding mode- M 

 rate crops of large and finely flavored fruit. It is a pistillate 

 sort, hence it can not be fruited without planting some poUen- 

 bearing sorts near by. 



JucuNDA. — In some localities this variety succeeds very well, 

 while in many other places it is almost a total failure. It prefers 

 a strong soil, and succeeds best grown in hOls, with the runners 

 cut off. The berries are large, light scarlet in color, with 

 moderately firm flesh, and not very high flavor. Hermaphrodite. 



La Constante. — ^This is another of those fastidious sorts, 

 that, in a few localities, bears good crops of fruit, but that on the 

 whole seems to suffer from our hot summers, and to prove very 

 often quite unsatisfactory. It is a large, bright crimson berry, 

 with a firm flesh, of a rich and delicious quality. Hermaphro- 

 dite. 



Ladies' Pine. — This originated with W. H. Eead, of Port 

 Dalhousie, Ont., and is one of the most delicious of strawberries. 

 Unfortunately it is too unproductive to retain a place in our 

 gardens. Pistillate. 



Lennig's White. — WJiite Pine apple. — Albion White. — 

 Another very finely-flavoured strawberry, but a very moderate 

 cropper. The best white variety in cultivation. The berry is 

 large, white slightly tinged with pink, soft, juicy, sweet and 

 rich, with a very decided pine-apple flavor. Hermaphrodite. 



Napoleon III. — This variety appears to be both vigorous 

 and productive, yet it has not been sufficiently long in culti- 

 vation here to speak very decidedly of its qualities in these 

 respects. The berry is large, light scarlet, tolerably firm, juicy 

 and rich. Hermaphrodite. 



NiCANOR. — A very productive variety, with a good deal of 

 uniformity in the size of the fruit, but hardly large enough to 

 please The berries are only of medium size when there is a 

 full crop; bright scarlet in color, tolerably firm, rich and of 

 pleasant flavour. Hermaphrodite. 



Peak's Emperor. — ^We can only say of this that the berries 



