MOST GENERALLY ESTEEMED. 



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HUDSON. 



Hudson's Bay, 

 Old Hudson, 



Late Scarlet, 

 American Scarlet, 



Pistillate. More extensively cultivated than an/ other variety , its har- 

 dihood and late period of maturity, together with its fine, rich, acid flavor, 

 so valuable for preserving, will continue for years to bring it abundantly to 

 the markets of our large cities. In the rich clay lands around Cincinnati 

 it grows to such size as frequently to have been mistaken for Hovey's. It 

 must, however, gradually give place to such varieties as Longworth's Pro- 

 lific, Western Queen, &c. Fruit, above medium, ovate, often with a 

 neck; seeds, deeply imbedded; color, rich dark glossy red ; flesh, firm, of a 

 high, brisk acid flavor. Should be permitted to hang until fully matured. 

 Season, rather late. 



JENNET'S SEEDLING. 



Valuable for ripening late say one week after 

 c: Longworth's Prolific," or about same time as 

 " Dundee " and for its firm texture, and desirable 

 qualities as a variety for preserving. Flowers, 

 pistillate : vines, very hardy ; leaf and fruit-stems, 

 both long, stiff, and upright ; calyx, very large, dis- 

 tinctive. Fruit, large very regular, roundish 

 conical ; color, rich, glossy dark red ; seeds, deeply 

 imbedded : flesh, white, tinged with pink at the 

 core, while the red of surface is shaded in one- 

 sixteenth of distance, firm, rich, sub-acid, delicious j 

 core, long conical, open texture, sometimes, hol- 

 low. Season, late. ' Very productive, 3,200 quarts 

 having been gathered from less than three-quarters 

 of an acre. 



LONGWORTH'S PROLIFIC. 

 Schneike's Seedling. 



Originated at Cincinnati at the same time 

 as McAvoy's Superior, and on similar ground ; 

 both on the land of Mr. Longworth known as the 

 < : Garden of Eden." For market culture we re- 

 gard it of more value than McAvoy's Superior. 

 Flowers, hermaphrodite; vines, hardy; foot- 

 stalks, long, stout ; leaf, broad, round, bold, up- 

 right, with a curve ; trusses, large, full, stand up 

 well from the ground ; productive, regular, and 

 -sure bearer. Fruit, above medium to large, gen- 

 erally regular, roundish or obovate, sometimes 

 slightly conical or coxcomb ; color, rich, dark 

 crimson ; seeds, small, deeply imbedded ; flesh, firm, bright red, with veins 

 of white, and a white rim surrounding the core, which is obovate rounded, 

 sub-acid, rich, high, not delicate flavor; calyx, around stem, is large, long 

 acuminate, and the stem set deeply into the fruit. Ripens medium season 

 or with " Hudson." 



