STEAWBEEKIES. 585 



Flavour, very rich, sweet, and exceedingly pleasant. A very prolific 

 early strawberry. Habit, dwarf, compact, like its parent. La Con- 

 stante. 



Barnes' White. See Bicton Pine. 

 Belle Bordelaise. See Prolific Hauthois. 



BICTON PINE {Barnes' White; Virgin Queen).— Fiuii, large; 

 roundish, and even in its outline. Skin, pale yellowish white, some- 

 times faintly tinged with red next the sun. Flesh, tender and soft, 

 juicy, brisk, and with a pine flavour. Eaised by Mr. Barnes, gardener 

 to Lady RoUe at Bicton in Devonshire. 



Black Bess. See Empress Eugenie. 

 Black Pine. See Old Pine. 



BLACK PEINCE (CuthilVs Black Prince ; Malcolm's Aberdeen 

 Seedling). — ^Fruit, small ; obovate. Skin, glossy, of a dark red 

 colour, which, when the fruit is highly ripened, becomes almost black. 

 Seeds, rather prominent. Flesh, deep orange, brisk, rather rich, and 

 with a little of the pine flavour. 



A very early strawberry, a great bearer, and well adapted for 

 forcing. 



BLANCHE D'ORLEANS.— Fruit, larger than that of the ordinary 

 White Alpine. It is of a j'ellowish white colour, and the plant is 

 an abundant bearer. 



BRITISH QUEEN {Hyatt's British Queen). — Fruit, large, some- 

 times very large ; roundish, flattened, and cockscomb-shaped, the 

 smaller fruit ovate or conical. Skin, pale red, colouring unequally, 

 being frequently white or greenish white at the apex. Flesh, white, 

 firm, juicy, and with a remarkably rich and exquisite flavour. 



When well cultivated and thoroughly ripened, this is perhaps the 

 best of all strawberries. It succeeds best with young plants, renewed 

 every season. The great fault is that the plant is so very tender ; it 

 will not succeed in all soils and situations, and it is generally an 

 indifierent bearer. It forces well, and is much esteemed for that 

 purpose. 



British Queen Seedling. See Premier. 



BRUNE DE GILBERT. — A variety of the Alpine, with larger 

 fruit than the common, and remarkable by its reddish brown colour. 

 It is well flavoured, and the plant is an abundant bearer. 



Carolina. See Old Pine. 



CAROLINA SUPERBA. — Fruit, very large ; ovate, sometimes in- 

 clining to cockscomb shape, with an even surface. Seeds, not deeply 



