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from the English cultivators, and is destined, we think, to be a 

 general favorite. A finely executed drawing of a single plant 

 in full fruit, said to be an exact representation, was sent us 

 with the vines, and judging from this, no strawberry could be 

 much larger or more prolific, the berries measuring from six 

 to seven inches in circumference. Under the same treatment 

 in our grounds as the Admiral Dundas, set out at the same 

 time and growing side by side, it did not, however, quite equal 

 in the size of its berries that variety ; but it excelled it in 

 their deep rich color, and the lusciousness of its high flavor, 

 while it produced quite as abundant a crop. As we intend 

 to give an engraving of this superior fruit in another 

 number, we only briefly name its qualities here. 



Fruity very large, mostly of a coxcomb, and sometimes 

 wedge shape, with large calyx and stout fruit stalks. Its 

 color is deep dark red or mulberry, glossy, and ripens en- 

 tire. The flesh is red, solid, fine grained, very juicy and of 

 the most delicious fine flavor. 



The Sir Harry received extra awards at the Exhibitions 

 in London in 1854, ^55, and on the 21st June, 1856. 



Sir C. Napiek. — This was raised, we believe, by Mr. 

 Smith of Twickenham, London, who has for three years ex- 

 hibited splendid specimens at the Horticultural Exhibitions, 

 receiving this year, on the 21st of June, at the Regent's Park, 

 an extra silver medal for " very superior examples." It is of 

 large size, of a most brilliant color, exceedingly well flavored, 

 and a most enormous bearer. Well cultivated — as it should 

 be on account of the prolificness of the fruit stems, — in rows 

 or hills, we think it would bear a larger crop than either of 

 those just described. The vines are of vigorous growth, 

 medium sized foliage, somewhat like the Admiral Dundas, 

 and very long fruit stems, which spread out and literally 

 cover the bed with their numerous berries. In the rich glossy 

 scarlet color of its berries it makes a brilliant display, and 

 greatly heightens the appearance of a dish of the various 

 kinds of strawberries. It is a very superior variety. 



Fruit, large, from five to six inches in circumference, of a 

 flattened or coxcomb shape in the larger berries, and round- 



