STRAWBEERIES. 695 



Scarlet Pine. See Old Pine. 

 Seedling Eliza, See Rivers' Eliza. 



SIR CHAELE8 NAPIER.— Fruit, very large ; ovate, flattened, and 

 wedge-sliaped. Seeds, not deeply imbedded. Skin, shining, of a fine 

 bright, pale scarlet colour. Flesh, white, firm, and solid, briskly acid, 

 and not highly flavoured. 



This is a fine handsome strawberry, well adapted for forcing, and for 

 early market purposes. It is the most extensively grown of any by the 

 London market gardeners. The plant is remarkably tender, perhaps 

 more so than any other variety. 



SIR HARRY. — Fruit, very large; roundish, irregular, frequently 

 cockscomb-shaped. Seeds, large, and deeply imbedded. Skin, dark 

 crimson, becoming almost black when fully ripe. Flesh, dark red, not 

 very firm, but tender, very juicy, and richly flavoured. 



This variety has been much confounded with Keens' Seedling. The 

 habit of the plant is the same, and the fruit is larger and coarser. It is 

 much cultivated for market purposes. 



SIR JOHN FALSTAFF.— Fruit, mostly very large and handsome; 

 frequently conical, and, when very large, slightly flattened in shape, but 

 never cockscombed. Colour, bright red, with a tinge of vermilion. 

 Seeds, thickly dispersed and slightly depressed. Flesh, white, solid, and 

 juicy, with a fine vinous flavour. Calyx, small for so large a fruit, and 

 seldom reflexed. 



On account of its beauty and immense cropping qualities this will be 

 a splendid sort for exhibition and market purposes. 



SIR JOSEPH PAXTON.— Fruit, large ; roundish, even and regular 

 in its outline. Skin, bright shining crimson. Seeds, prominent. 

 Flesh, salmon-coloured, firm, rich, and highly flavoured. 



A first-rate early fruit. The plant is hardy and very fertile, and 

 • forces well. This is one of the largest and is probably the handsomest 

 strawberry in cultivation. 



SOUVENIR DE KIEFF. — Fruit, large, sometimes very large; 

 varying from roundish ovate to long conical, and, in some instances, it 

 is irregular and corrugated. Seeds, large, and even with the surface. 

 Skin, of an uniform shining red. Flesh, white, firm, and solid, juicy, 

 richly flavoured, and with a rich pine-apple aroma. 



This is a seedling of M. de Jonghe, and belongs to the same hardy 

 race as La Constante, but it is a more robust grower than that variety, 

 and is remarkably fertile. 



Sultan. See The Sultan. 



THE COUNTESS. — ^Fruit, somewhat irregular in shape. Skin, of 

 a beautiful glossy crimson, becoming darker when very ripe. Seeds, 

 numerous, prominent. 



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