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thin skin of a bright-scarlet color ; and their substance 

 throughout is of a fine red, which they retain when cooked, 

 if not peeled, a process which, owing to the thinness of 

 the skin, is not considered necessary. Even when grown 

 in the dark, the stalks still preserve the crimson tinge. 



A new variety, said to equal Mitchell's Hawke's 

 Royal Albert in earliness, and also to be of 

 a deeper and finer color, and much more productive. It 

 forces remarkably well, is hardy in open culture, and com- 

 mands the highest market-prices, both from its great size, 

 and fine, rich color. 



Stalks large, red, and of excellent flavor. Mitchell's 

 Early and prolific. 



A medium-sized, recently introduced sort. M at( ., g Lin _ 

 " Besides being the earliest of all, and re- neeus. 



, , . LINNAEUS. 



inarkably productive as well as high flavored, 

 and possessing little acidity, it has a skin so thin, that re- 

 moving it is hardly necessary ; and its pulp, when stewed, 

 has the uniform consistence of baked Rhode-Island Green- 

 ings, and it continues equally crisp and tender throughout 

 the summer and early autumn." One of the best sorts for 

 a small garden or for family use. 



Leaf-stalks very large, varying from two Myatt's Vic- 

 inches and a half to three inches in their torla. 



VlCTOBIA. 



broadest diameter, and frequently measuring 

 upwards of two feet and a half in length : the weight of 

 a well-developed stalk, divested of the leaf, is about two 

 pounds. They are stained with red at the base, and are 

 often reddish, or finely spotted with red, to the nerves of 

 the leaf. 



It has a thick skin, is more acid than many other varie- 

 ties, and is not particularly high flavored : but no kind is 



