STRAWBERRIES. 495 



embedded, with ridged intervals. Flesh nearly white, 

 soft, of a pleasant flavour. 



50. LEWISHAM SCARLET. Hort. Tram. Vol. vi. 

 p. 163. 



Scarlet Cluster. Ib. 



Fruit small-sized, roundish, with a short neck, of 

 an uniform dark, shining, purplish red, growing in 

 clusters, slightly hairy. Seeds embedded, but not 

 deep, with flat intervals. Flesh scarlet, firm, and 

 solid ; the flavour very moderate. 



51. METHVEN SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. 

 p. 172. 



Methven Castle. Southampton Scarlet. 



Fruit very large, cordate, compressed, inclining to 

 cockscomb in the earliest fruit, the late ones conical, 

 dark scarlet. Seeds pale yellow, not deeply embedded, 

 regularly and closely set with ridged intervals. Flesh 

 scarlet, very woolly, and tasteless, with a large hollow 

 in the centre. 



52. MORRISANIA SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. 

 p. 162. 



Fruit very small, round, dark red, growing in clus- 

 ters. Seeds not numerous, more deeply embedded, 

 with wide rounded intervals. Flesh whitish, soft, with 

 a detached core ; flavour tolerable. 



53. NAIRN'S SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. 

 p. 169. 



Fruit of moderate size, irregularly ovate, sometimes 

 with a short neck, of a deep rich, shining red. Seeds very 

 deeply embedded, with sharp intervals. Flesh pale 

 scarlet, firm, with a core : the flavour not rich, though 

 agreeable, with less acid than the Hudson's Bay. It is a 

 good bearer, ripening rather late. 



54. NARROW-LEAVED SCARLET. Hort. Trans. 

 Vol. vi. p. 177- 



Fruit middle-sized, conical, with a neck, hairy, of 



