class, except the Old Pine ; and if Keens' Seed- 

 ling be inferior to that in flavour, it is much more 

 than equal to it in size and productiveness. 



It was raised from the seed of Keens' Im- 

 perial, by Mr. Michael Keens, a market gardener at 

 Isleworth. 



The following is the account given of it in the 

 Horticultural Transactions : — 



*' A most excellent bearer, ripening early, soon 

 after the Scarlets, and before any other of the Pines. 

 The Fruit is very large, round or ovate, some of 

 the largest assuming a cock's-comb shape ; when 

 ripe, of a very dark purplish scarlet next the sun, 

 the other side paler, slightly hairy. Seeds (grains) 

 a little embedded in the polished surface of the fruit, 

 which has usually a furrow at the apex. The Flesh 

 is firm, solid, scarlet, without any separable core, 

 tolerably high flavoured. The Calyx is of mo- 

 derate size, hairy, incurved. The Footstalks of 

 the leaves are tall, slightly hairy. The Leaflets 

 very large, roundish, for the most part flat, reclined, 

 of a very smooth, shining, dark green, with coarse 

 serratures, which are large and rounded. The 

 Runners are small, numerous, greenish yellow, 

 and slightly hairy. The Scapes are of moderate 

 length, sometimes very short, branched, with short, 

 weak, clustered peduncles, middle-sized, opening 

 early." 



