UNTESTED VARIETIES, ETC. 485 



like neck, withont seeds : size, large ; form, irregular, conical ovate, com- 

 pressed ; color, rich, dark crimson ; flesh, firm, melting, juicy, exquisite, 

 pine flavor ; prolific, and bears carriage well. 



Hooper's Seedling. 



English. Staminate. Fruit, medium, conical, dark rich red, good flavor ; 

 productive. Late. 



Iowa Male. 



"Washington. 

 American. Staminate. Fruit, medium, round conical ; seeds, deeply- 

 imbedded ; color, pale red : core, ovate conical, marked with a greenish 

 line; flesh, yellow ; flavor, delicate ; moderate bearer. 



Tenny Lind. 



Staminate. Size, rather large ; form, conical, perfect, generally with 

 short neck ; seeds, moderately sunk in oval cavities ; color, bright light 

 scarlet; flesh, white, nearly solid, heavy, tender, and juicy; flavor, plea- 

 sant sub-acid, and. under favorable circumstances, highly perfumed ; quality, 

 "very good." Early, ripening with the Early Virginia, but more prolific. 



Magnifique. 



American. Pistillate. Very large, rounded, orange scarlet, pleasant 

 flavor ; productive. (W. R. P. in Hort.) 



McAvoy's No. 1. 



McAvoy's Extra Eed. 



American. Pistillate. Two varieties originated at same time and place 

 as " McAvoy's Superior.'' They are yet comparatively untested, but, with 

 exception of quality, the same description will answer for both • large 

 roundish, scarlet ; seed, deeply imbedded ; flesh, stained with red ;' flavor' 

 agreeable ; the extra red, sub-acid. 



Methven Scarlet. 



Methven Castle, I Southampton Scarlet, I Hovey's Seedling, of some, 'West 



Methven, | Keen's Seedling, of some, "West, | Stoddart's do. -^ ' * 



Scotch. Pistillate. Strong grower. Fruit, large, roundish or cDck's- 

 comb shaped; seed, slightly imbedded; color, dull scarlet; flesh, coarse, 

 open texture; core, large and hollow; flavor, very indifferent. It some- 

 times produces large crops, ripening some four or five days after the height 

 of strawberry season. 



Montevideo Pine. 



American. Hermaphrodite. Foliage, large ana vigorous ; flowers, very 

 large. Fruit, large, conical, of a pine-apple flavor, ripening late. (W. R. 

 P. in Hort.) 



MOYAMENSING. 



American. Pistillate. Foliage, large, crenate serratures. Fruit, large, 

 roundish conical, deep crimson ; seed, crimson, set in rather deep depres- 

 sions, with rounded intervals; flesh, red; flavor, fine. Valuable market 

 sort in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 



