584 THE STRAWBERRY. 



of a very dark purplish red, with a polished surface. Flesn 

 firm, of the richest pine flavour. Ripens about the medium 

 season. 



25. SWAINSTONE'S SEEDLING. Thomp. 



A new variety, from England, which fruited well in this 

 country last season, and gives promise of being a very hardy 

 and valuable sort. It ripens quite early, but the fruit matures 

 a long time in succession, and sometimes a second crop is borne 

 in autumn. It grows very strongly, the foliage and flowers 

 are large, and the footstalks long. Fruit large, ovate, of a 

 beautiful light, glossy scarlet. Flesh firm and very delicious. 



Class III. Alpine and Wood Strawberries. 



[Flowers rather small. Leaves quite small, light green, and quite thin. 

 Fruit small, roundish in the Wood Strawberries, and conical in the Al- 

 pines, parting more readily from the stalk than other sorts, with very tender 

 sweet flesh.] 



26. RED WOOD. Thomp. 



English Red Wood. 



Common Rouge. 



Des Bois a Fruit Rouge. 



This is the wild strawberry of Europe (F. vesca), long more 

 commonly cultivated in our gardens than any other sort, and 

 still, perhaps, the easiest of cultivation, and one of the most 

 desirable kinds. It always bears abundantly, and though the 

 fruit is small, yet it is produced for a much longer time than 

 that of the other classes of strawberries, and is very sweet and 

 delicate in flavour. 



Fruit red, small, roundish-ovate. Seeds set even with the 

 surface of the fruit. It ripens at medium season. 



27. WHITE WOOD. Thomp. 



This is precisely similar in all respects to the foregoing, ex- 

 cept in its colour, which is white. It ripens at the same time. 



28. RED ALPINE. Thomp. 



Red Monthly Strawberry. 

 Des Alpes a Fruit Rouge. 

 Des Alpes de Tous les Mois a Fruit Rouge, &c. 



The common Red Alpine or monthly bearing strawberry, is 

 a native of the Alps, and succeeds well with very trifling care 

 in this country. The Alpines always continue bearing from 

 June till November ; but a very fine autumnal crop is secured, 



