THE STRAWBERRY. G35 
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blackish purple in the sun; seeds prominent; flesh rather firm, 
sweet, and excellent, It ripens tolerably early, and sometimes 
gives a second crop. Staminate. 
The Common Havrsors, Giozz, Large Fiat, &c.,.are scarce 
lv worthy of cultivation here. ; 
CLASS V. 
Chili Strawberries, 
True Cum. Thomp. 
Patagonian. Greenwell’s New Giant. 
Greenwell’s French. 
Fruit very large, bluntly conical or ovate, dull-red; seeds dark 
brown, projecting; flesh very firm, hollow-cored, of a rather in- 
different, sweet flavour. Ripens late. 
Wuwor’s Surzrs. Thomp. 
An English seedling, raised from the foregoing; very showy 
m size, but indifferent fruit and a poor bearer. Fruit roundish, 
sometimes cockscomb-shaped; surface pale scarlet, polished; 
_seeds projecting; flesh hollow, and of only tolerable flavour 
Medium season. 
Yeuiow Cur. Thomp. 
Fruit very large, irregular in form, yellow, with a brown cheek; 
seeds slightly imbedded. Flesh very firm, rather rich. 
CLASS VI. 
Green S trawberries, 
[Little valued or cultivated, being more curious than good. They re- 
gamble, in general appearance, the Wood strawberries. Leaves light green, 
much plaited. Flesh solid. There are several sorts grown by the French, 
but the following is the only one of any value, and it is a shy bearer.] 
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Green Strawserry. Thomp. 
Green Pine. Fraisier Vert. 
Green Wood. Powdered Pine. 
Green Alpine. 
Fruit small, roundish, or depressed, whitish-green, and at 1aa- 
tarity tinged with reddish-brown on the sunny side. Flesh solid, 
eenish, very juicy, with a peculiar, rich, pine-apple flavour, 
ipens late. 
