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' upcrior, only, surpassing it in ricJinobs); seanon, May; 

 ripe, about a week after tiie Boston Pine, and continues 

 in perfection during the whole strawberry season. 



Kemarks. — American. Originated in 1834. Vines, 

 very vigorous, more so than most other varieties, per- 

 fectly hard}^, forming numerous runners, though seldom 

 too many ; leaves, large; leaflets, roundish, generally con- 

 vex, obtusel}' serrated with about twenty serratures ; sur- 

 face, rather smooth, deep brilliant glossy green, and rarely 

 ever spotted with brown ; petioles, short ; leaf-stalks, 

 upright, medium length, moderately strong; flowers, 

 rather small, very regular in form ; petals, roundish, 

 slightly imbricated and cupped ; stamens, very short and 

 imperfect, deficient in anthers ; calyx, very small, finely 

 divided, and quite reflexed ; scapes, moderately strong, 

 about the same length as the leaf-stalks, elevating the 

 fruit from the ground ; peduncles, rather long and slender. 

 Every flower, when properly fertilized, is succeeded bj^ a 

 perfect berry. Flesh, firm, bears carrying remarkably 

 well, of a very agreeable, sweet, lively flavor. Best in rich 

 loam, and wood soils ; impregnated with the Old Hudson 

 male, yields immense crops. Not so good on sandy soils. 

 In clay much better. Good for both market and amateur 

 cultivation. Berries, very large. Sometimes, in the West, 

 even eight inches in circumference. Suited to nearly all 

 soils and climates. Stands drouth wonderfulhr well. 

 Hardy also in "Winter. This berry should be well ripened 

 to be eaten in perfection. Recommended by Messrs. 

 Buchanan, Ernst, and Warder, for the locality of Cinciii- 

 nati. In speaking of this fine strawberr}', it may be ^^'cH 

 to observe, that Mr. Keen, of Isleworth, near London, 

 about the year 1820, made the first really great improve- 

 ment in this delicious fruit, in the production oi* the 

 variety so well known as Keen's Seedling. A few years 

 ago Mr. Myatt, of Deptford, near LoJidon, succeeded in 

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