UNTESTED VAEIETIES ETC. 485 



like neck, without seeds size, large ; form, irregular, conical ovate, 

 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 j seeds, deeply 

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

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



JENNY 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 j flavor, plea- 

 sant sub-acid, and, under favor able 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.) 



McAvov's No. 1. 



McAvoy's Extra Bed. 



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. 



Methvcn 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 cock's- 

 comb shaped j 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. 



