: Catalogue of Varieties.. 81 
juicy, sweet, rich, and exquisite. Leaf-stalks hairy; leaflets 
roundish oval, obtusely serrate. A good bearer in England 
and hardier there than the British Queen. Medinm in ripen- 
ing. 
Exiza (Rivers). An excellent strawberry, and a tolerably good 
bearer. Leaves large, deep green, deeply serrate. Fruit very 
large, light colored. Described in foreign catalogues as orange. 
Here it is light crimson. The'flesh is somewhat soft, but of 
exquisite flavor. It came into notice a few years since, when 
the Rippowam was introduced. I can see no difference in the 
two, having grown the Eliza several seasons. 
ELIzABETH. A pistillate seedling of Burr’s Pine. 
ELLa. New. Said to be large, and fine and early. Little known. 
*ELTON (Knight). (Syn. Elton Seedling, Elton Pine.) Origi- 
nated in England about 1827, and a very prominent variety 
there and on the continent. So late as 1863, two hundred and 
forty acres of this strawberry were cultivated in the environs 
of Paris for the market of that city. Fruit very beautiful, 
large oval, bright red; seeds fine, numerous, brilliant yellow; 
flesh blood red, acid, not sugary, but of good flavor. Fig. in 
Pom. Mag. III. 135. 
ELton Improvep (Ingram). Fruit large, conical or flattened, 
bright shining red; flesh red, juicy, sugary, melting, and per- 
fumed. 
EMERITE (De Jonghe). New, 1869. Plant dwarf and strong; 
foliage like La Constante, and fruit like Bijou, but larger, and 
elongated conical, bright cherry red; seeds on the surface; 
flesh firm, flesh-colored, juicy, and delicate. 
Emity (Huntsman). American. Originated in Flushing, New 
York. Little known, but said to be very large, and of excellent 
flavor. Pistillate. 
Emity (Myatt). Fruit large, flattened conical, pale rose; seeds 
brown, prominent; flesh creamy white, juicy, sweet, and per- 
fumed. A very distinct strawberry. Said to be hardy and pro- 
ductive. 
Emma (De Jonghe). Fruit large, obtusely conical, bright shin- 
ing red; seeds few, sunken; flesh rosy white, juicy, sweet, and 
perfumed. Hardy, productive, and forces well. The above is 
the description of the Emma; but a spurious and wretchedly 
poor berry, which I have fruited, has been sold as the Emma in 
this country. Fig. in Tilton’s Jour. Hort. VII. 156. 
Empress EvGEnIe. (Knevett). Raised in 1854. Plant very vig- 
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