STRAWBERRIES. 741 



ASCOT PINE -APPLE. Fruit, medium sized ; obovate, sometimes 

 conical, colour bright shining scarlet. Surface, even, regular. Seeds, 

 small, numerous, prominent. Flesh, very firm, reddish in colour. 

 Flavour, very rich, sweet, and exceedingly pleasant. A very prolific 

 early strawberry. Habit, dwarf, compact, like its parent, La Con- 

 stante. 



Barnes's White. See Bicton Pine. 

 Belle Bordelaise. See Prolific Hautbois. 



BICTON PINE (Barnes's White; Virgin Queen). Fruit, large ; 

 roundish, and even in its outline. Skin, pale yellowish white, some- 

 times faintly tinged with red next the sun. Flesh, tender and soft, 

 juicy, brisk, and with a pine flavour. Raised by Mr. Barnes, gardener 

 to Lady Rolle, at Bicton in Devonshire. 



BIJOU. Fruit, above medium size ; ovate or conical, and regularly 

 shaped. Skin, bright shining crimson. Seeds, prominent. Flesh, 

 white, firm and solid, juicy, rich, and with a sprightly flavour. 



An excellent strawberry, of La Constante race. 



Black Bess. See Empress Eugenie. 



Black Pine. See Old Pine. 



BLACK PRINCE (CuthiWs Black Prince; Malcolm's Aberdeen 

 Seedling). Fruit, small ; obovate. Skin, glossy, of a dark red 

 colour, which, when the fruit is highly ripened, becomes almost black. 

 Seeds, rather prominent. Flesh, deep orange, brisk, rather rich, and 

 with a little of the pine flavour. 



A very early strawberry, a great bearer, and well adapted for 

 forcing. 



BLANCHE D'ORLEANS. Fruit, larger than that of the ordinary 

 White Alpine. It is of a yellowish white colour, and the plant is an 

 abundant bearer. 



BONTE DE ST. JULIEN. Fruit, of medium size ; roundish, 

 inclining to conical, regular in shape. Skin, bright scarlet. Seeds r 

 not deeply imbedded. Flesh, reddish, rich, sweet, and highly 

 flavoured. 



An excellent variety, and the plant is an abundant bearer. It forces 

 well, and when so treated the flavour is not injured. 



BONNY LASS. Fruit, very large and handsome. Skin, pale red, 

 thickly covered with prominent seeds. Flesh, very solid, pink, juicy, 

 and of good flavour. 



A late variety, which begins to ripen at mid-season, and continues 

 in use after the other varieties. It was raised by Dr. Roden. 



BRITISH QUEEN (Hyatt's British Queen). Fruit, large, some- 



