180 STRAWBERRIES. 



handsome. It ripens so late as to furnish a supply of Pine 

 strawberries, to which class it belongs, lonjj after all other 

 pine-like sorts are over ; and finalh^ it possesses the great 

 merit of packing well, and being peculiarly suitable for pre- 

 serving — a quality which very few strawberries possess. 



" It comes after the Old Pine, Downton, and Keens' Seed- 

 ling ; it is larger and a much more abundant beai'er than either 

 of the former; and like the latter, keeps ripening its berriesin 

 long succession. The leaves are middle sized; the leaflets 

 ovate, in general slightly concave, sometimes a little convex, 

 obtusely serrated; upper surface somewhat hairy; deep green; 

 the younger light grass green, with a slight tinge of yellow ; 

 leaf-stalks upright, moderately strong, rough, with hairs, 

 spreading horizontally, which is also the case with the scapes, 

 but on the peduncles the hairs are adpressed. It may be ob- 

 served, that all strawberries with rough leaf-stalks contain 

 more acidity than those with smooth. The flowers are large, 

 petals roundish, concave ; stamens rather short, with anthers 

 generally perfect ; cal^'x middle-sized, incurved, sometimes 

 partially reflexed • scapes strong, nearly as long as the foot- 

 stalks ; branchlets or peduncles rather short. The fruit is 

 large, ovate, often compressed or cockscomb shaped, of a 

 rich, shining, dark red ; grains yellow, regularly imbedded 

 between ridged intervals, which are flattened or rounded on 

 the tops ; flesh firm, with a small core, deep red, juicy, and 

 having a sharp rich flavour." — Pom. Mag. 



RED ALPINE. Pk. Cat. 



Mnnlhhj. Everbearing. 



Fraisier des Alpes, a fruit rouge, > of the French 



Fraisier des quaire saisons u fruit rouge, ^ collections. 



The fruit of this variety greatly resembles that of the Eng- 

 lish Red Wood strawberry, in colour, size, and quality. It 

 sends out numerous runners early in the season, and these as 

 well as the older plants produce moderate crops of fruit, until 

 the severity of the weather arrests vegetation. I have culled 

 a dish of the fruit even at Christmas, and this is not an nn- 



