314 STRAWBERRIES. 



Class VII^ — Scarlet Sirawherriesr. 



The type of this class is the Fragaria Yirginiana of bo- 

 tanists. The character is to have the leaves nearly smooth,, 

 dark green, of thin texture, and with sharp pointed serra- 

 tures ; their fruit, mostly of small size and bright colour, 

 with the seeds more or less deeply embedded, with ridged 

 intervals ; the flavour acid, with slight perfume. Hort. 

 Trans. Vol. vi. p. 147. 



36. American; Scarlet. Hort. Trans. Yo\.\i. p. i60. 

 Black American. lb. 



Fruit large, conical,^ and pointed, with a neck, of a deep 

 rich shining blood red^ rough. Seeds numerous, brownish, 

 not deeply embedded, with sharp intervals. Flesh dark 

 scarlet, firm, with a core ; flavour rich and agreeable. 



37. AusTRL^N Scarlet. 



Cluster Scarlet. Globe Scarlet. 



Duke of Kent's Scarlet.* Nova Scotia Scarlet. 



Duke of York's Scarlet. Oatlands Scarlet. 



Early Prolific Scarlet. Prolific Scarlet. 



Fruit nearly globular, of a moderate or rather small size, 

 of a rich bright scarlet. Seeds deeply embedded,, v/ith sharply 

 ridged intervals. Flesh sohd, pale scarlet ; flavour peculiar, 

 sharp, and pleasant. 



This Strawberry is the earliest of all the sorts, ripening at 

 least a week before the Old Scarlet, and a most abundant 

 bearer. Its runners are produced very early ; they are nu- 

 merous, small, and of a reddish colour, 



38. Autumn Scarlet. Hort. Trans. Yol. vi. p. 176. 

 Fruit about the size of the Old Scarlet, ovate, with a neck, 



of an uniform dark shining red. Seeds yellow, deeply em- 

 bedded, with rigid intervals. Flesh solid, firm, pale scarlet ; 

 the flavour good. 



39. Bishop's Seedling Scarlet. Hort. Trans. Yol. 

 vi. p. 172. 



jPr'm7 of moderate size, round, with a neck, hairy, light 



* In the Hort. Trans, this is callofl tho DuTcc of Kent's Straiobfrry, and the 

 Austrian Scarlet one of its tyiioriynis : tliiis 1 have not adojjted, !'or this simple rea- 

 son, — it was introduced into this country from Germany inl7'JH iheDuke of Kent's 

 fiom Nova Scotia in 1802. Its i>iiority <»f introduction, therel'oie, from Germany, 

 is thus established ; and its name as Jlvstrian Scarlet was puhlished in my Cata- 

 logue of 1815, ten years previously to this part of the Horticultural Transaction* 

 making its appearance. 



