STRAWBERRIES. 



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brownish purple ; the seeds are slightly embedded and the 

 flavour musky. The flowers called males produce occasion- 

 ally small imperfect berries with projecting seeds, and it is re- 

 quisite that the plants which yield flowers of this description 

 should be eradicated as useless. 



GLOBE HAUTBOIS. Lond. iioRr. trans. Lind. 



The fruit of this variety is of nearly a spherical form, small, 

 becoming dark purple when ripe ; the seeds prominent ; the 

 flesh greenish, firm, with a separable core ; tlie flavour good, 

 with the aroma or perfume peculiar to its class 



LARGE FLAT HAUTBOIS. Lond. hort. trans. Lind, 



Bath Hauthois. White Haufbois. Formosa Hauibois. 

 Weymouth Haiitbois. 



This has large fruit, of a roundish form, depressed, light 

 red, and pale on the under side ; the flesh is greenish, without 

 core, and juicy ; but though delicate, it is not so high flavoured 

 as the other ; the seeds are embedded in the skin. 



DWARF WHITE CAROLINA. Lond. hort. trans. 'Lind. 



This has large fruit, of an irregular ovate form, hairy, brown- 

 ish on the sunny side, white on the other side ; the seeds are 

 scarcely embedded, prominent, and darker than the fruit ; the 

 flesh white, soft, woolly, with a large core, and the flavour in- 

 different. Although English pomologists attach the title of 

 " Carolina" to this variety, I have not been able to discover 

 such a one among our natives. 



ROUND WHITE CAROLINA. Lond. hort. trans. Lind. 



Large White. White Chili. White Pine. Large pale Chili. 

 Large blush Pine. Large flesh-coloured Chili. 



This fruit is of large size, irregularly ovate, sometimes 

 roundish, having a tendency to form a neck, of a brownish 

 colour towards the sun, and white on the opposite side ; the 

 seeds deeply embedded, with ridged intervals ; the flesh is 

 soft, white and woolly, with a large core ; the flavour is in- 

 different. 



