STRAWBERRIES. 317 



hairy. Seeds embedded, but not deep, with flat intervals, 

 Flesh scarlet, firm, and solid ; the flavour very moderate. 



51. METHVEN SCARLET. Hert. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 172. 



Methven Castle,, Southampton Scarlet. 



Fruit very large, cordate, compressed, inclining to cocks- 

 comb in the earliest fruit, the late ones conical, dark scar- 

 let. Seeds pale yellow, not deeply embedded, regularly and 

 closely set with ridged intervals. Flesh Scarlet, very woolly, 

 and tasteless, with a large hollow in the centre. 



52. MORRISANIA SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 

 162, 



Fruil very small, round, dark red, growing in clusters. 



Seed's not numerous, more deeply embedded, with wide 

 rounded intervals. Flesh whitish, soft, with a detached 

 core ; flavour tolerable. 



53. NAIRN'S SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 169. 

 Fruit of moderate size, irregularly ovate, sometimes with 



<i short neck, of a deep rich, shining red. Seeds very deeply 

 embedded, with sharp intervals. Flesh pale scarlet, firm, 

 with a core ; the flavour not rich, though agreeable, with less 

 acid than the Hudson's Bay. It is a good bearer, ripening 

 rather late. 



54. NARROW-LEAVED SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. 

 p. 177. 



Fruit middle-sized, conical, with a neck, hairy, of a uni- 

 form bright scarlet. Seeds projecting, with flat intervals. 

 Flesh firm, solid, pale scar let,, with a tolerably rich flavour. 



55. OBLONG SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 153. 

 Long Scarlet. Padley's Early Scarlet. 

 Long-fruited Scarlet. 



Fruit rapier large, oblong, with a long neck, which part 

 being without seeds has a peculiar glossy or shining appear- 

 ance, of a bright light scarlet. Seeds few, deeply embedded, 

 between ridged intervals. Flesh nearly of the same colour 

 as the outside, but a little paler, firm, and well-flavoured. 



56, OLD SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 152. 



Scarlet. Langley, p. 120. t. 55. fig. 1. 



Ecarlate de Virginie. Duhamel, No. 11. t. 5 



Early Scarlet Scarlet. 



Original Scarlet. Virginian Scarlet. 



*rmi : middle-sized, globular, of a uniform light scarlet, 

 lightly hairy. Seeds deeply embedded, with ridged intervals 



Flesh pale scarlet, firm, and high-flavoured. A very eood 

 bearer, and ripens early. 



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