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STRAWBERHIES. 



COCKSCOMB SCARLET. Hort. trans. Lind. 

 This fruit is large, compressed, with a furrow along the 

 apex, which appears as a simple indenture when the berry does 

 not put on a cockscomb-shape ; the early berries are complete- 

 ly cockscombed, so much so as to enclose the calyx within the 

 fruit by surrounding the end of the peduncle ; the colour is 

 a bright scarlet ; the seeds are pale, slightly embedded 

 between flat intervals ; the flesh is of a pale scarlet hue, solid, 

 with a large core, well flavoured but without acidity. 



WILMOT'S LATE SCARLET. Pr. cat. Hort. trans. Lind. 



Wilmot' s Scarlet, Wihnofs New Scarlet,^ r p o-V h 



Wihnofs Seedling, Large Scarlet, \ C t ] ct ^ S,7r 



Late Scarlet, Late Virginian, } & » • 



This fruit is very large, bluntly conical, irregularly shaped, 

 and of a shining light red colour ; the seeds are small, deeply 

 embedded, with ridged intervals ; the flesh white, hollow, in 

 the centre, and of moderate flavour. It is a good bearer, 

 ripening late enough to succeed the Old Scarlet, and produc- 

 ing its berries in succession, so as to aflbrd a continued supply. 

 In order to taste it in perfection, it should be eaten as soon as 

 gathered. 



SIR JOSEPH BANKS' SCARLET. Hort. trans. Lind. 



New Scarlet. lb. 

 This fruit is of a bright scarlet colour, of moderate size, 

 oblong, with a neck, the apex blunt ; the seeds are nearly 

 prominent, with very flat intervals ; the flesh is a brilliant 

 scarlet, firm and high flavoured. Mr. Lindlcy remarks, that 

 this variety is very closely allied to the Austrian scarlet, with 

 which it has probably been sometimes confounded ; it ripens 

 nearly at the same time, and though not so prolific, has a 

 superior flavour. 



VERNON'S SCARLET. Hort. trans. Lind. 

 Whitens Scarlet. lb. 

 This fruit is of medium she, round, dark red, rather hairy, 



