346 SELECT VARIETIES OF FRUITS. 



plant very luxuriant ; fi-uit stalks very stout, supporting the 

 fruit well ; most j)rofuse bearer, rather late. 



17. ITudson. — Medium size, scarlet, firm, acid ; very 

 productive, and esteemed for marketing; grown much 

 around Cincinnati (p). 



18. Hovey^s Seedling. — A well-known magnificent berry ; 

 plant hardy and luxuriant; bears large crops in some 

 places and seasons (p). 



19. Jemmfs Seedling — Yery large, roundish, dark 

 scarlet, flavor medium, plant vigorous, and a moderate 

 bearer (p). 



20. Large Early Scarlet. — An excellent standard sort, 

 light scarlet, rather acid ; bears uniformly great crops ; 

 early. 



21. Monroe Scarlet. — Large, roundish, light scarlet, 

 good; very prolific; over 100 perfect berries have been 

 gathered at once from a single plant (p). 



22. Orange Prolific. — Large, orange scarlet ; rather 

 acid, but a great bearer and quite late. 



23. Princess Alice Maud. — A very large and handsome 

 English variety ; very productive, but of indifferent flavor. 



24. Prolific Hautbois. — A large, purplish, conical fruit, 

 with a peculiar musky flavor, very productive ; plant 

 grows tall and luxuriant, with peculiar crimped foliage, and 

 has very large, showy blossoms ; a distinct species ; late. 



25. Swainstone'' s Seedling. — A very large and beautiful 

 fruit, of the most delicious flavor; color light shining 

 scarlet, ripens gradually ; a poor bearer ; English. 



26. Scotch Pine Ajpjple^ or Crimson Cone. — One of the 

 most beautiful varieties in appearance ; medium size, uni- 

 form, regularly conical, rich dark crimson ; seeds deeply 

 imbedded, giving the sm-face a rasj^-like aj^pearance; 

 rather acid but good, and very productive. 



ITos. Y, 9, 18 and 20 are the best for general cultivation; 

 for a larger collection, Kos. 5, IT and 25, besides the 



