192 THE FRUIT GARDEN 



Trafalgar. — Fruit bright red, irregularly wedge-shaped; fiavotir very rich and 

 sweet ; sepals clasping ; foliage moderate. Flowers abundant, rising above the foliage. 

 This recent variety has not been fully proved, but it is evidently a useful late one. The 

 raisers claim that it is the best flavoured late strawberry known. 



Trollope's Victoria. — Fruit globular and flattened at apex, very pale orange-red ; 

 sepals small and blunt ; seeds deeply set ; flesh soft and melting, of a rich pine flavour ; 

 foliage very broad, strong, and robust ; habit compact. A good variety for town gardens. 

 The glossy foliage, free from hairs, is not subject to red spider. A great bearer. The 

 fruit ripens perfectly, but being rather soft should be gathered into the dish. 



ViCOMTESSE H£ricart de Thury. — The fruit is generally round, but the earliest 

 are often wedge-shaped ; colour dark red, with small seeds deeply set ; flavour rich, 

 piquant, and quite distinct ; sepals clasping the berry ; flesh firm, travels well ; foliage 

 robust and strong. This is one of the very best strawberries ; although the individual 

 fruits are small, the crop is enormous. It is always appreciated on the table, while there 

 is none better for early forcing or for preserving. It has the merit of succeeding under 

 trees, in town gardens, and gravelly soils, and is indispensable for small gardens. 



Walluff. — /"Vkz/ globular, bright orange crimson; seeds small ; sepals %Ya'i}i\; flavour 

 briskly acid ; flesh pale orange-red ; foliage very robust. A distinct and valuable rather 

 late variety, bearing freely. 



Waterloo. — Fruit very large, mostly three-sided, deep mulberry red, very glossy ; 

 flesh white ; seeds small, in round cavities ; flavour juicy, melting, rather acid ; foliage 

 rather sparse and mottled green ; flower-stalks long, bearing the fruit well above the 

 leaves. The plants may be left for three years. An excellent late variety of striking 

 appearance and size. A good watering with liquid manure — after the flowering is past, 

 and before the fruit swells — will be very serviceable, as at the time this variety ripens, we 

 generally get very hot, drying weather. The water should be placed between the rows, 

 not near the plants. 



Autumn Fruiting Varieties 



La Constante d'Automne. — Fruit globular, bright red ; small, but produced in 

 great profusion ; flesh white, very melting ; of rich flavour ; foliage very dark green, 

 abundant. This is one of the very best for autumnal bearing ; the old plants, and even 

 runners, give a large gathering until the frost. This strawberry resembles St. Joseph 

 in shape. 



St. Antoine de Padoue. — Fruit bluntly round; colour deep red to claret red; 

 seeds small ; flesh white ; hautbois flavour ; foliage broad, very stout and rough. The 

 great value of this variety consists in the fine crops of fruit it produces in the autumn. 

 It is by far the largest autumn-fruiting strawberry yet introduced, and is very vigorous 

 in growth. 



Saint Joseph. — Fruit glossy red ; seeds slightly embedded ; flesh firm, of rich sweet 

 flavour ; foliage deep olive-green, compact and plentiful, downy beneath. This is one 

 of the most healthy free-bearing sorts for an autumnal crop, and bears profusely until 

 the frost. 



