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THE STRAWBERRY. 



CLASS I. Most generally esteemed. 



BOSTON PINE. 



American. Staminate ; requires high cultivation ; vines, vigorous. 

 Fruit, large, roundish, slightly conical ; seeds, yellow, slightly imbedded . 

 zolor, deep, rich, shining red ; flesh, pale scarlet, firm, juicy, sweet, with a 

 sprightly, agreeable flavor. C. M. Hovey is the originator of this variety. 

 Its earliness and great productiveness make it highly valuable. 



BURR'S NEW PINE. 



Originated at Columbus, Ohio, in 1846, on a clayey 

 soil. Flowers, pistillate, large for the sex ; vines, 

 hardy, vigorous, very productive. 



Fruit, large, obovate, or rounded, light pale red ; 

 seeds, slightly imbedded ; flesh, whitish pink, deli- 

 cate aromatic flavor, sweet, and delicious ; core, firm, 

 long rounded, too tender for a market fruit, highly 

 desirable in gardens. Ripens among the very ear- 

 liest. 



GENESEE. 



American. Hermaphrodite ; vines, luxuriant ; fruit-stalks, stout, sup- 

 porting the fruit well. Fruit, large, roundish, dark crimson, very produc- 

 tive. Ripens late. Originated with Ellwanger and Barry. 



HOOKER. 



Originated with H. E. Hooker, Rochester, N. Y. Esteemed. Herma- 

 phrodite ; vines, vigorous, large broad foliage, hardy, productive, long time 

 in bearing; fruit-stalks, long; truss, large. Fruit, large, obtuse conical, 

 generally regular, but sometimes cock's comb, dark crimson, purplish red, 

 surface soft, polished ; seeds, not deeply imbedded ; flesh, fine, sweet, rich, 

 and excellent. 



HOVEY'S SEEDLING. 



American. Pistillate. Flowers, small ; vines, vigorous ; leaves, broad, 

 roundish, distinct from all other varieties ; leaf and fruit-stalks, short and 

 stout. Fruit, very large, roundish ovate, slightly conical, with a short 

 neck ; color, when fully exposed to the sun, dark, rich, shining red ; seeds, 

 dark; flesh, scarlet, firm, bears carriage well, but is deficient in richness of 

 flavor. In rich, deep, loamy soils, and supplied with a good impregnator, 

 this variety will give immense crops of large fine fruit. In common or 

 sandy soils it perfects only a few large berries. The " Methven Scarlet ' 

 has been largely disseminated in Illinois and farther west States as 

 Hovey's Seedling. Newly planted beds require a covering of litter in 

 Winter. 



