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THE KEENS' SEEDLING STRAWBERRY. 



Keens' Seedling. Hort. Trans, vol. v. p. 260. t. 12. Fruit 



Cat. no. 64. 

 Keens' New Pine. . . . 



Keens' Black Pine .. J> of some Collections. 

 Murphy's Child 



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Perhaps no new fruit has enjoyed so great a 

 degree of celebrity, upon its first appearance, as 

 that which is now represented; and it may without 

 impropriety be added, that few have had greater 

 claims to reputation. The publication of a figure 

 in the Transactions of the Horticultural Society, 

 the exhibition of fruit at their meetings, and the 

 rapid dispersion of many thousand plants throughout 

 the country, either by public or private channels, 

 have carried the fame of Keens' Seedling to the 

 remotest corners of Great Britain ; and its peculiar 

 excellence has enabled it to maintain the station 

 in public opinion which it so acquired. 



Its great merits are, that it is very large, very 

 good, and very prolific. It forces better than any 

 other, carries extremely well, and bears its fruit 

 high enough above the earth to keep it free from 

 the soil. No Strawberry has the same vigorous 

 appearance as this. Its deep green, broad leaves, 

 and stout flowerscapes, attest a healthiness of con- 

 stitution which is> scarcely equalled by any of its 



