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STRAWBERRIES. 



have originated in a garden of this vicinity. The great ad- 

 vantage it claims over its parent, which is one of the largest, 

 finest, and most productive market strawberries, is that it 

 ripens a week to ten days earlier than that variety a circum- 

 stance of great import in regard to the value of a fruit at 

 market. It is of high flavour, and of a paler and brighter 

 red colour than the Hudson, and is a most prolific and regular 

 bearer ; in fact, since its introduction to notice it has become 

 a general favorite, and no one thinks of having a good collec- 

 tion without this to commpnrp the season. 



LARGE SCARLET LIMA. PR. CAT. 



This variety is of a very vigorous growth, with large leaves, 

 and strong stalks and stems ; the fruit is very distinct in its 

 character, and has commonly a long neck ; its form is oblong, 

 somewhat flattened on two sides, and terminating in an obtuse 

 point. I have noticed that the berries are generally formed 

 on the first blossoms towards the base of the peduncle. It is 

 a tolerably good bearer, and repays any deficiencies by its 

 large fruit of most excellent flavour. This variety is not 

 described in any European publication that I have met with ; 

 and I have been informed that it was originally brought from 

 South America to Rhode Island, and it was there that I acci- 

 dentally found it, under the name of Lima strawberry, and 

 obtained plants for propagation. The garden in which I first 

 noticed it was that of Captain Jacob Smith, of Newport, the 

 same gentleman who plucked scions from the willow which 

 droops over the tomb of Napoleon, at St. Helena, and to 

 whose politeness I am indebted for a portion of them, which 

 have now become flourishing trees, nearly twenty feet in height. 



AUSTRIAN SCARLET. PR. CAT. LIND. 



Duke of Kent's Scarlet. Lond. Hort. cat. Pr. cat. 26 ed. 

 Globe Scarlet, Cluster Scarlet, } 



Nova Scotia Scarlet, Prolific Scarlet, f of English cat- 

 Duke of York's Scarlet, Oatland's Scarlet, f alogues, &c. 

 Early Prolific Scarlet, ) 



This variety is said by Mr. Lindley to have been introduced 



