STRAWBERRIES. 31.1 



A strawberry having leaves, much variegated with white, 

 is often seen in the gardens of the curious. 



As a fruit it has no merit ; the plants being weak and very 

 shy bearers. 



CLASS IV. Chili Strawberries. 



The character of this class is to have the leaves very vil- 

 ious, hoary, with small leaflets, of thick texture, with very 

 obtuse serratures ; the fruit very large and pale ; the seeds 

 prominent ; the flesh insipid in the type the True Chili. 

 Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 148. 



27. TRUE CHILI. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 206. 

 Fraisier du Chili. Duhamel, No. 9. t. 3. 

 Greenwell's French. Patagonian. 

 Greenwell's New Giant. 



Fruit particularly large, irregularly shaped, but usually 

 ovate or bluntly conical ; when ripe, of an uniform dull var- 

 nished brownish red. Seeds dark brown and projecting. 

 Flesh slightly tinged with red near the outside, the rest 

 whitish, very firm, hollow in the centre, with a small core. 



The fruit ripens late, and the foliage mostly perishes in 

 the winter ; but the succeeding varieties, which have been 

 bred from h, keep their leaves. 



28. WILMOT'S SUPERB. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 208. 

 The first fruits are very large, irregularly younded, ovate, 



or flattened, sometimes growing of a cockscomb shape ; the 

 other berries are invariably round ; all are hairy, pale scar- 

 let, appearing as if polished. Seeds projecting, brown. 

 Flesh very firm, pale scarlet next the outside, within whitish, 

 with a small hollow in the centre, and a core ; flavour very- 

 good, buttery, and rich, mixed with acid. 



29. YELLOW CHILI. Hort. Trans. VoL vi p. 209. 

 Fruit very large, irregularly ovate, frequently compressed, 



and sometimes cockscombed ; brown on the exposed side, 

 and yellow on the other. Seeds brown, slightly embedded, 

 with flat intervals. Flesh very firm, buttery, yellowish, with 

 a core ; flavour very rich, with some acidity. 



CLASS V. Green Strawberries. 



The French cultivate several kinds which ap rear to be 



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