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son, white-fleshed, always regularly conical, and as good in flavor as a 

 strawberry can be. Plants set out in August, in the middle of the dry 

 weather, stood the winter unprotected, and bore a good crop. In a too 

 rich or too poor soil, the Frogmore bears but little. A soil of medium 

 fertility suits it best. Too soft for market, but will prove, I think, one of 

 the best kinds for the amateur. 



Lucas. — This new kind sustains its reputation as a very large, rich 

 berry, with a peculiar and pleasant flavor, much like a raspberry. 



LuciDA Perfecta. — A very beautiful and striking plant ; foliage dark, 

 glossy green ; berries flattened (much like the sketch of the Boule d'Or in 

 Fuller's new book) ; dark-scarlet when ripe ; rich, sweet, and juicy. The 

 r Lucida is a very poor bearer : and this is extremely unlucky ; for it is the 

 very latest kind I know ; very few blossoms being open before the 25th of 

 May, and not many berries fully ripe till after July 4. The fruit con- 

 tinues to ripen till August ; and I am in hopes that some of my seedlings- 

 from the Lucida will outdo the parent plant. 



La Negresse. — A peculiar and easily distinguishable variety. Fruit 

 a very long, round cone, pointed, rich, and sweet ; variable in color, being 

 sometimes scarlet, and sometimes of the color of a dead-ripe Agriculturist. 



Mead's Seedling. — Plants vigorous, with dark-green leaves, and me- 

 dium conical, round-pointed scarlet berries, rather acid, and of no peculiar 

 merit. 



Princesse Rovale. — A handsome, conical, firm berry, neither rich nor 

 sweet. Plants moderately vigorous, and not very productive. 



Prince's Scarlet Magnate. — A good hardy, native variety, moder- 

 yA ately prolific, and of medium flavor. Worth cultivating, but undeserving 

 of the praise lavished on it by its originator. Not worth so much as the 

 Green Prolific. 



Quinquefolia. — An exceedingly fine foreign kind. Foliage peculiarly 

 crumpled and wavy ; berries large to monstrous, conical, slightly flat- 

 tened, but never coxcombed, bright-scarlet, glazed, and very rich, juicy, and 

 refreshing. Two-year-old plants bore this season a medium crop. With 

 high cultivation, I think this or the Lucas would prove a formidable rival 

 to the La Constante, as I have raised splendid specimens of tliese two 

 kinds on poor soil unmanured for two years. 



