298 NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST. 



CLASS III. CAROLINA, OR PINE STRAWBERRIES. 



The leaves of this class are nearly smooth, of firm tex- 

 ture, with obtuse serratures, of a dark green ; the fruit 

 large, varying from nearly white to almost purple ; the 

 seeds prominent, on a smooth surface; the flavor sweet, and 

 often perfumed. Baa-net. See Vol. vi. of Hort. Trans. 



9. BISHOP'S GLOBE. 



The fruit is very large, of a dark, shining crimson, and 

 of excellent flavor. It is of very vigorous growth, and 

 deemed by some equal and much more productive than 

 Keen's Seedling; while with others, near Boston, it is 

 about being supplanted by new and improved kinds, which 

 are deemed far superior. 

 41. *BRITISH QUEEN, HYATT'S. Thompson. 



New, very large, and splendid ; some having measured 

 six inches round ; form roundish, some being cockscomb- 

 formed; color scarlet; flavor excellent; and early. The 

 footstalks grow tall, the fruit being borne high according 

 to Loudon. It grows vigorously, and bears abundantly. 

 Introduced to Boston by Col. Wilder but very recently. 

 32. *SWAINSTONE'S SEEDLING. Thompson. Col.Wilder. 



New; very large; form ovate, color scarlet; and of excel- 

 lent flavor. It grows vigorously, and bears abundantly, 

 ripening early. It sometimes produces a second crop in 

 autumn. Introduced to Boston but very recently. 



12. ELTON SEEDLING. Pom. Mag. Lindley. Barnet. 

 The fruit is large, ovate, often cockscomb-shaped, of a 



rich, shining dark red ; the seeds yellow, with ridged in- 

 tervals ; the flesh is firm, with a small core, deep red, juicy, 

 with a sharp, rich flavor. This variety is by some esteemed 

 as the most productive and best of all for a late crop. 



13. *HOVEY'S SEEDLING. 



A new variety, which was originated by Messrs. Hovey 

 and Co., at Cambridge, near Boston, in 1834, and which has 

 obtained the highest premium of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, for several successive years, as the best 

 yet seen, to the date of 1843. It has thus been well 

 described : " Fruit very large, round, or slightly ovate, 

 conical; deep shining red, paler in the shade; seeds 

 inserted in a slight cavity; flesh scarlet, (paler in the 



