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The berry has few seeds. It requires no sugar for the 

 dessert, rivaling the far-famed Burr's New Pine. Prolific, 

 opening its blossoms during the mild days of Winter, and 

 perfecting its fruit as soon in the Spring as the weather 

 will permit. (This description applies to Georgia.) The 

 plant is reported very beautiful when it is in flower and 

 leaf. If it should not succeed here as well as in Georgia, 

 or not at all, it may be valuable to cross others with. It 

 has been thought by some by its standing the great jolt- 

 ing of so long a journey, that it may be too firm to eat 

 well. But this, of course, is merelj' conjecturing about 

 it. So, also, although this strawberry is of the Hautbois 

 and Pine family, and they have hitherto been of a kind 

 not to succeed well in this country, and, therefore, very 

 few of them are sold, in comparison with other strawber- 

 ries, it does not follow that the Peabody seedling may fail 

 also in this respect : — this also by way of suggestion. 



Monroe Scarlet. Flowers, pistillate ; form, roundish, 

 short neck ; size, 2 ; quality, 1 ; color, light scarlet. 



Eemarks. — American. Very prolific. (Ellwanger & 

 Barry, 1850). Surpassing most others in productiveness. 

 It is a hybrid of Hovey's Seedling and the Duke of Kent. 

 Fruit beautiful and good for market use, and a long bearer. 

 Does well partially shaded. Of good flavor. 



Matomensing. Flowers, pistillate ; form, roundish con- 

 ical; size, 2; qualit}', 2; color, deep crimson. 



Eemarks. — American origin. Flesh, red ; flavor, fine. 

 It bore off the premium of the Pennsylvania Horticultu- 

 ral Society, in 1848, for the best seedling strawberry ex- 

 hibited that year. Good as a market fruit. Like Hudson. 



Myatt's British Queen. Flowers, staminate; form, 

 roundish ; size, 1 ; quality, 3 ; color, scarlet. 



