SCOTT'S SEEDLING STRAWBERRY. 



holds its fine color for a long period after gathering. Mr. Scott has 

 raised large quantities of it for the Boston market, where its reputation 

 has become so well estabhshed that it is sought after by lovers of this 

 fine fruit, always commanding, next to Hovey's Seedling, the highest 

 price. 



Mr. Scott cultivates his plants mostly in beds, allowing the vines to 

 cover the ground ; in this way his seedling produces very great crops ; 

 the foliage being rather small, the beds are not crowded, and tlie fruit 

 is well exposed to the light and air. 



Vines. — Moderately vigorous, dwarfish in habit, with spreading foliage, 

 and making numerous runners. 



Leaves. — Medium size; leaflets ovate, generally incurved on tlie 

 sides, coarsely and rather sharply serrated; surface nearly smooth, light 

 yellowish green ; petioles short ; leaf-stalks diverging, rather slender, 

 and of medium length. 



Flowers. — Rather small, and regular in form ; petals roundish ; sta- 

 mens prominent, stout, numerous, with large anthers, abounding in pol- 

 len ; calyx, large, and spreading, projecting beyond the fruit, sharply 

 pointed, and generally reflexed at the ends ; scapes moderately stout, 

 upright, rather loose, longer than the foot-stalks, bearing from fifteen to 

 twenty berries ; peduncles long, and moderately stout. 



Fruit. — Large, long, conical, about one and three quarters inches in 

 length, and one and a half inches in diameter at the base, rather obtuse 

 at the summit: Color, deep rich crimson scarlet, with a shining and 

 somewhat uneven surface : Seeds, yellowish, rather deeply imbedded : 

 Flesh, pale red, hollow at the core, not over juicy, but rich, buttery, 

 and melting, with a peculiar orange perfume. 



Ripe just after the Early Virginia begins to mature, about the season 

 of the Boston Pine, and continues in bearing very late. 



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