596 THE FEUIT MANUAL. 



A finely flavoured fruit. Plant, healthy, a good grower. Foliage, 

 bright glossy green, erect and compact. 



THE SULTAN. — Fruit, large and very large ; roundish, and obo- 

 vate. Colour, dark crimson. Flesh, dark red throughout, firm, and 

 juicy. An excellent preserving sort ; rather late. A seedling of Dr. 

 Koden's. 



TKAVELLER. — Fruit, medium sized ; conical, and occasionally 

 slightly cockscombed. Skin, very dark red. Seeds, large and promi- 

 nent. Flesh, very firm and solid, with a brisk rich flavour, somewhat 

 resembling the Hautbois. A rich and excellent strawberry. 



Raised by Mr. Laxton, of Stamford, between La Coustaate and Sir C. Napier. 



TROLLOPE'S VICTORIA.— Fruit, very large ; roundish-ovate, 

 even and regular in its outline. Skin, light crimson. Flesh, pale 

 scarlet, tender, juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured. 



This is a good early strawberry, and an excellent bearer. 



VICOMTESSE HE'rICART DE THURY {Duchesse de Trevise; 

 Marquise de la Tour Maubourg ; Garibaldi). — Fruit, above medium 

 size ; conical, with an even surface. Skin, deep scarlet, becoming deep 

 red as it ripens. Seeds, yellow, slightly imbedded. Flesh, pale red 

 throughout, firm and soUd, brisk, sweet, and richly flavoured. 



This is an extraordinary abundant bearer, and a valuable variety for 

 general cultivation. 



The foliage is almost evergreen, and the plants remain long in the 

 same ground. 



Virgin Queen. See Bicton Pine. 



WALTHAM SEEDLING.— Fruit, large, very similar in general 

 appearance to Sir Charles Napier. The colour is somewhat darker 

 than Sir Charles, nearly a deep red. Flesh, firm, juicy, rich, and very 

 pleasantly flavoured. 



A decided improvement upon Sir Charles Napier as to quahty of 

 fruit, &c. Raised by Mr. William Paul, Waltham Cross, from a cross 

 between Crimson Queen and Sir Charles Napier. 



WONDERFUL (Jeyes' Wonderful; Myatt's Prolific).— Frmi, large; 

 conical, frequently cockscomb-shaped, and fingered. Skin, pale red,' 

 and whitish at the apex. Seeds, numerous and prominent. Flesh' 

 white, tender, melting, juicy, and sweet, briskly flavoured, and with a 

 fine aroma. 



A very excellent fruit, which forces well. 



