THE STRAWBERRY. 



CLASS I. Most generally esteemed. 



BOSTON PINE. 



American. Staminate ; requires high cultivation : vines, vigorous. 

 Fruit, large, roundish, slightly conical; seeds, yellow, slightly imbedded . 

 rotor, deep, rich, shining red flesh, pale scarlet, firm, juicy, sweet, with 

 sprightly, agreeable flavor. C. M. Hovey is the originator of this variety 

 Its earliness and great productiveness make it highly valuable. 



BURR'S NEW PINE. 



Originated at Columbus, Ohio, in 1846, on a clayey 

 soil. Flowers, pistillate, large for the sex; vines, 

 hardy, vigorous, very productive. 



Fruit, large, obovate, or rounded, light pale red ; 

 seeds, slightly imbedded flesh, whitish pink, deli- 

 cate aromatic flavor, sweet, and delicious ; core, firm, 

 long rounded, too tender for a market fruit, highly 

 desirable in gardens. Ripens among the very ear- 

 liest. 



GENESEE. 



American. Hermaphrodite j vines, luxuriant ; fruit-stalks, stout, sup- 

 porting the fruit well. Fruit, large, roundish, dark crimson, very produc- 

 tive. Ripens late. Originated with Ellwanger and Barry. 



HOOKER. 



Originated with H. E. Hooker, Rochester, N. Y. Esteemed. Herma- 

 phrodite ; vines, vigorous, large broad foliage, hardy, productive, long time 

 in bearing ; fruit-stalks, long ; truss, large. Fruit, large, obtuse conical, 

 generally regular, but sometimes cock's comb, dark crimson, purplish red, 

 surface soft, polished ; seeds, not deeply imbedded ; flesh, fine, sweet, rich, 

 and excellent. 



HOVEY'S SEEDLING. 



American. Pistillate. Flowers, small j vines, vigorous ; leaves, broad, 

 roundish, distinct from all other varieties ; leaf and fruit-stalks, short and 

 stout. Fruit, very large, roundish ovate, slightly conical. w r ith a short 

 neck ; color, when fully exposed to the sun, dark, rich, shining red ; seeds, 

 dark; flesh, scarlet, firm, bears carriage well, but is deficient in richness of 

 flavor. In rich, deep, loamy soils, and supplied with a good impregnator, 

 this variety will give immense crops of large fine fruit. In common or 

 sandy soils it perfects only a few large berries. The " Methven Scarlet ' 

 has been largely disseminated in Illinois and farther west States as 

 Hovey's Seedling. Newly planted beds require a covering of litter in 

 Winter. 



