STRAWBERRIES. 483 



Fruit middle-sized, conical, elongated and pointed, 

 with a neck, hairy, very dark purplish red. Flesh scarlet, 

 firm, with a buttery core, very rich and high-flavoured. 



8. PITMASTON BLACK. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 183. 

 Late Pitmaston Black. Ib. 



Fruit middle-sized, ovate, with a neck, slightly hairy, 

 very dark purplish red. Seeds slightly embedded. Flesh 

 solid, scarlet, very firm, buttery, and richly flavoured. 



9. SWEET CONE. Hort. Trans, vol. vi. p. 186. 

 Pom. Mag. No. 4. 



Fruit small, cone-shaped, with a neck hairy, bright 

 shining scarlet. Seeds prominent. Flesh firm, of a 

 brighter colour than the skin, hollow, very high-flavoured. 

 Plant tender. 



CLASS III. Carolina or Pine Strawberries. 



The general character of this class is to have the 

 leaves almost smooth, dark green, of firm texture, and 

 with obtuse serratures ; the fruit large, varying from 

 nearly white to almost purple ; the seeds prominent, on 

 a smooth surface ; the flavour sweet, and often per- 

 fumed. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 148. 



10. BATH SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. 6. p. 200. 

 Bath Strawberry. Milne's Seedling. 

 Devonshire. New Bath Scarlet. 

 Golden Drop. North's Seedling. 

 Liverpool. 



Fruit roundish or ovate, with a short neck, small for 

 the class, scarlet. Seeds very prominent, of a dark 

 varnished red. Flesh soft, with a large core, pale 

 scarlet, and very coarse, without any particular flavour. 



11. BLACK PRINCE. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 203. 

 Wilmot's Black Imperial. Ib. Vol. v. p. 398. 

 Fruit middle-sized, depressed, spherical, with a 



furrow at the apex, hairy, of a very dark violet colour. 

 Seeds slightly embedded. Skin highly polished. Flesh 



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