352 SUCCESS WITH SMALL FRUITS, 



hundred bushels of this variety in one day, at ^i6 per 

 bushel." It has always been one of the most profitable on 

 my heavy land. The young plants are small and feeble. 

 Staminate. 



Kentucky Seedlwg. — Plant tall, vigorous, but slender and 

 apt to fall ; light green foliage ; tniss 8 to lo inches, with 8 

 to 10 berries; berry scarlet, conical, high-shouldered, some- 

 what flattened at the tip, regular in shape and uniform in size, 

 a little rough, knobby, with seeds set in deep pits ; flesh but 

 moderately firm, and ver}' white ; flavor of the best ; calyx 

 spreading and recurving ; season late and long-continued ; 

 very productive, — one of the very best ; size 3 to 4>^ inches. 

 It succeeds well on light soils and under the Southern sun, 

 and improves wonderfully under hill culture. Staminate. 

 Originated by INIr. J. S. Downer, of Kentucky. 



Lady of the Lake. — Plant tall, vigorous, dark green 

 foliage ; leaf-stalk downy ; truss 7 to 8 inches ; berry crim- 

 son, conical necked ; flesh pink, firm ; flavor good, but 

 rather dry ; size moderate ; calyx spreading ; season me- 

 dium ; productive. Staminate. 



It has been, and is still, a favorite with the market-men 

 around Boston. Originated by a Mr. Scott, in Brighton, 

 Mass. 



La Constant. — One of the most beautiful of the foreign 

 berries; flesh rosy white, sweet, juicy, very firm, and of 

 exquisite flavor. The plants are dwarf and compact, and 

 they require the highest culture. Even then the crop is 

 uncertain; for the variety, like high-born beauty, is very 

 capricious; but its snrles, in the way of fruit, are such as to 

 delight the most fastidious of amateuis. Originated by De 

 Jonghe. Staminate. It is one of the favorite vadeties 

 abroad for forcing. 



Lady's Finger. — An old variety, now not often seen^.. 



