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Strawberries. 



La Constant e. Large, handsome, crimson ; juicy, sweet, high 

 flavored. A fine strawberry, but of moderate productiveness, 

 and not adapted to general cultivation. 



Large Early Scarlet. Medium, 

 roundish ovate, regular ; bright 

 scarlet ; tender, rich, excellent. 

 Very early. Productive at the 

 North. 



The Old or Virginia Scarlet, the 

 original wild strawberry of this 

 country, is smaller, and three or 

 four days later. 



Le Baron. Large, obtuse conic, dark 

 scarlet ; sweet, rich, melting. Pro- 

 ductive. L. I. Little known. 



Lennig's White. Large, ovate conical, 

 whitish tinged with red ; flesh soft, 

 tender, juicy, with a rich pineapple 

 flavor. Delicious in quality, but a 



Fig. 460. Large Early Scarlet. poor bearer. Pa. 



LONGWORTH'S PROLIFIC. Large, roundish, broad at base ; light 

 crimson ; flesh scarlet, firm, rich, brisk, acid. Vines vigorous, 

 productive. Cincinnati. Valuable at the South and West. 



Matilda. Large, conical, uniform, scarlet, firm of excellent quality. 

 Plant a strong grower, and very productive. New. Ulster Co., N.Y. 



Monarch of the West. Very large, bright red, showy, firm ; of 

 moderate quality. Very productive. N. J. 



Monitor. Quite large, roundish ; bright scarlet ; firm, good. Vig- 

 orous grower. Productive, and perhaps best of the three " Trib- 



une Strawberries. 



NICANOR. Medium, ovate, conical, uniform 

 and regular, scarlet ; flesh rather firm, 

 rich and of fine quality. Plant productive 

 and hardy ; valuable for its earliness. 

 Raised by Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



Napoleon III. Large, irregular, conical, 

 sometimes coxcombed, light scarlet ; firm, 

 of good quality. Mostly a poor bearer. 



PRESIDENT WILDER. Large, ovate-conical, 

 regular, bright scarlet ; flesh firm, sweet, 

 rich- Often quite productive. Dorches- 

 ter, Mass. A European variety, known 



