496 STRAWBERRIES/ 



an uniform bright scarlet. Seeds projecting, with flat 

 intervals. Flesh firm, solid, pale scarlet, with a tole- 

 rably rich flavour. 



55. OBLONG SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. 

 p. 153. 



Long Scarlet. Padley's Early Scarlet. 



Long-fruited Scarlet. 



Fruit rather large, oblong, with a long neck, which 

 part being without seeds has a peculiar glossy or shining 

 appearance, of a bright light scarlet. Seeds few, deeply 

 embedded, between ridged intervals. Flesh nearly of 

 the same colour as the outside, but a little paler, firm, 

 and well-flavoured. 



56. OLD SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 152. 

 Scarlet. Langley, p. 120. t. 55. fig. 1. 



Ecarlate de Virginie. Duhamel, No. 11. t. 5. 

 Early Scarlet. Scarlet- 



Original Scarlet. Virginian Scarlet. 



Fruit middle-sized, globular, of an uniform light 

 scarlet, slightly hairy. Seeds deeply embedded, with 

 ridged intervals. Flesh pale scarlet, firm, and high- 

 flavoured. A very good bearer, and ripens early. 



This Strawberry ripened at Twickenham, in 17^7> 

 May 10. O. S., or May 21. N. S. 



57. PITMASTON BLACK SCARLET. Hort. Trans. 

 Vol. vi. p. 175. 



Early Pitmaston Black. Ib. 



Fruit of a moderate size, oblong, with a neck, of, a 

 dark purplish red, slightly hairy. Seeds of the same 

 colour as the fruit on the exposed side, on the other 

 yellow, not deeply embedded, with rather flat intervals. 

 Flesh tinted with scarlet, having a small core, tender, 

 sweet, mixed with a pleasant acid, and has a little of 

 the raspberry flavour. 



58. ROSEBERRY. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 380. 

 t. 27. Vol. vi. p. 156. 



