THE SCOTT'S SEEDLING STRAWBERRY. 



Scott's Seedling. Magazine of Horticulture, vol. xx. 1854. 



Notwithstanding the great number of Seedling Strawberries that 

 have been produced by our American cultivators during the past fifteen 

 years, up to the time of the last Session of the American Pomological 

 Society in September, 1854, only three varieties were recommended for 

 general cultivation by that inteUigent body, viz., Hovey's Seedling, Bos- 

 ton Pine, (Hovey's,) and Early Scarlet; the Burr's Pine and Jenney's 

 Seedling, which were added to the list in 1852, having been withdrawn 

 from it and placed among those adapted to particular localities. This 

 certainly seems somewhat remarkable when we take into consideration 

 the very large number which have been brought to notice as possessing 

 peculiar merits, since the introduction of our Seedling in 1835. It 

 proves, however, that the strawberry, though easily raised from seed, 

 and early brought into bearing, is not very constant in its character, 

 and til at the growth of seedlings of superior merit is full as precarious 

 as that of the larger fruits. 



No greater success seems to have attended the experiments of English 

 cultivators than our own ; for it may be said that there have been but 

 two really fine varieties raised by them during the last thirty-five years, 

 viz., Keen's Seedling and British Queen. These, particularly the latter, 

 still carry off the prizes, wherever exhibited. 



We do not make these remarks to discourage the attempts of amateurs 

 in the grow-th of seedlings ; yet we deem it important tliat all should 

 know w^hat the luck of others has been, that they may not be disap- 

 pointed should their first endeavors be attended wdth no success ; what 

 has been done will be done again ; but it is only by rightly- directed 

 efforts, and much labor, that the much-wished-for results can be accom- 

 plished. 



Our present variety, Scott's Seedling, is a strawberry which we think 

 destined to hold a prominent place among the few fine kinds of this 

 delicious fruit. It was raised by Mr. J. Scott of Brighton, Mass., in 1847. 

 The parents were the Prince Albert, an English strawberry, and the Bos- 

 ton Pine ; the former fertilized with the latter. Its merits are the size 

 of the beriy, their unusual shape, their brilHancy of color, their firm flesh, 

 and their rich and peculiar flavor. To these are added, hardiness of the 

 vine, great productiveness, and early maturity, ripening immediately 

 after the Eai4y Virginia. It also bears carriage remarkably well, and 



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