488 STRAWBERRIES. 



GreenwelPs French. Patagonian. 



GreenwelPs New Giant. 



Fruit particularly large, irregularly shaped, but 

 usually ovate or bluntly conical ; when ripe, of an uni- 

 form dull varnished brownish red. Seeds dark brown 

 and projecting. Flesh slightly tinged with red near 

 the outside, the rest whitish, very firm, hollow in the 

 centre, with a small core. 



The fruit ripens late, and the foliage mostly perishes 

 in the winter ; but the succeeding varieties, which have 

 been bred from it, keep their leaves. 



28. WILMOT'S SUPERB. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. 

 p. 208. 



The first fruits are very large, irregularly rounded, 

 ovate, or flattened, sometimes growing of a cockscomb 

 shape ; the other berries are invariably round ; all are 

 hairy, pale scarlet, appearing as if polished. Seeds pro- 

 jecting, brown. Flesh very firm, pale scarlet next the 

 outside, within whitish, with a small hollow in the 

 centre, and a core ; flavour very good, buttery, and rich, 

 mixed with acid. 



29. YELLOW CHILI. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 209- 

 Fruit very large, irregularly ovate, frequently com- 

 pressed, and sometimes cockscombed brown ; on the 

 exposed side, and yellow on the other. Seeds brown, 

 slightly embedded, with flat intervals. Flesh very firm, 

 buttery, yellowish, with a core ; flavour very rich, with 

 some acidity. 



CLASS V. Green Strawberries. 



The French cultivate several kinds which appear to 

 be varieties of this Strawberry ; the one at present much 

 known with us is called the Green Pine, which, gene- 

 rally speaking, is kept in gardens more as an object of 

 curiosity than of use, for it rarely produces perfect fruit, 

 though in some particular situations it bears well. 



