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coloured, quality excellent, travels well; plant is hardy 

 and vigorous. 



Dr. Veillard. — A recent French introduction, near 

 Crescent Seedling ; prolific, early fruits produced in 

 clusters on a stout footstalk, and said to be a fortnight 

 earlier than any other known variety. 



Duke of Edinboro'. — Mid-season, dwarf, compact and 

 of good constitution; fruit handsome in form and colour. 

 Moderately prolific. 



Elton Pine. — The true variety, very late, flavour some- 

 what acid, a good bearer and hardy. Useful for preserving. 



Empress of India. — Plant of compact habit and a fine 

 bearer, fruit obtusely conical, bright-scarlet, flavour ap- 

 proaching that of British Queen ; an excellent free-setting 

 variety, and one of the best for forcing. 



Enchantress. — One of the most richly -flavoured; fruit 

 dark-coloured, cockscomb in shape; requires to be well 

 done to be good. 



Fillbasket (fig. 1036). — Raised from Royal Sovereign 

 and Latest of All; colour bright-scarlet, similar to Royal 

 Sovereign ; flesh white and firm with no hollo wness in 

 the centre; size between that of the two parents; flavour 

 juicy, sweet, and luscious. The cropping qualities of this 

 variety are most remarkable, no other variety approach- 

 ing it in this respect — it carries more flower-spikes than 

 foliage, with as many as thirty fruits on each. The habit 

 of the plant is compact and robust, leaves thick and 

 leathery, resisting mildew thoroughly. Ripens with 

 Latest of All. As a second early -forcing variety it will 

 prove equally valuable with Royal Sovereign. 



Frogmore Late Pine. — Where this variety will succeed 

 it is one of the most useful high-flavoured varieties to 

 grow for a mid -season or late crop. Requires a rich soil. 



Georges Lesieur. — A very large mid-season variety, of 

 French origin, cockscomb-shaped, ribbed, rather pale in 

 colour, flavour excellent. 



Gunton Park. — Fruit extra large, varying in shape from 

 cockscomb to obtusely conical, dark crimson-scarlet, and 

 of a pleasant brisk flavour, flesh firm and light-coloured; 

 a fine early kind, very useful for forcing, and bearing in 

 long succession. 



James Veitch. — One of the largest Strawberries, colour 

 good, flavour sweet and agreeable; plant hardy and prolific, 

 suitable for forcing. 



John Jhiskin. — A fine early variety, from a cross between 

 Black Prince and Dr. Hogg, of good size and flavour, and 

 a good cropper ; plant hardy and vigorous. 



Jubilee. — A fine, distinct, and prolific variety of good 

 quality ; very late, in some seasons the latest Strawberry. 



Kims' Seedling. — The well-known and much-appreciated 

 hardy second early variety, useful for all purposes ; fruit 

 large and of good flavour ; plant hardy and prolific. 



King of the Em-lies. — Now well-known and largely cul- 

 tivated as a most productive, early, and richly-flavoured 

 sort. 



Kith y s Goliath. — A very hardy main-crop variety, large, 

 prolific, vigorous, and a good all-round sort. 



La Constante. — An abundant bearer of very dwarf habit, 

 producing runners very sparingly ; fruit large, flesh white 

 and firm, juicy and richly flavoured. 



Lady SujKeld. — An excellent all-round variety, crop- 

 ping well in the open, and forcing as a second early most 

 satisfactorily. Fruits long, tapering, dark crimson, de- 

 liriously flavoured. 



La Grosse Sucre. — The best Strawberry of the Keens' 

 Seedling type, unsurpassed for flavour, size, and fertility 

 as a forcing variety, and in the open as a continuous bearer 

 of large, fine-flavoured fruits. 



Latest of All (see Plate). — A cross between British 

 Queen and Helena Gloede. Fruit larger than that of 

 either parent, the flavour vinous, yet luscious, and quite 

 equal to that of British Queen, but ripening several days 

 after it. The best flavoured and largest late Strawberry 

 yet introduced. 



Leader (see Plate). — A cross between Latest of All and 

 Noble, of good constitution. Fruit large, wedge-shaped, 

 bright-crimson ; flesh firm, of good flavour. Very prolific. 

 A good forcer. 



Lord Kitchener. — A cross between British Queen and 

 Waterloo. The plant is vigorous and a most prolific 

 cropper, ripening early in July. The fruits are large, 

 roundish, dark-red, and very richly flavoured. A valuable 

 addition to the mid -season varieties. 



Lord Suffield. — Plant of good habit and foliage, very 

 prolific ; fruit large and handsome, inclining to cockscomb 

 shape, dark-crimson flesh, firm and richly flavoured, ripen- 

 ing after President and Paxton. 



M^Mahon. — A very large late main-crop variety of a 

 bright glossy -vermilion colour and good flavour. 



Mentmore (see Plate). — Raised from Noble and British 

 Queen. A handsome main -crop Strawberry of a rich- 

 crimson colour with a smooth varnished appearance 

 which adds much to its attractiveness; large, regular, flat- 

 pyriform in shape; flesh rich-red throughout, with no 

 hard core or hollowness in the centre, in large loose 

 trusses ; a very heavy cropper. A good forcing variety. 



Monarch. — A distinct second early variety with berries 

 of enormous size, richly - coloured, wedge-shaped, and 

 ripening early. 



Newton Seedling. — A very hardy, distinct, and free- 

 bearing mid-season to late variety, which grows in partial 

 shade where other sorts will not succeed. 



No. 1. — The earliest of all Strawberries. A seedling 

 from Noble, fertilized by May Queen. 



Noble. — The largest, handsomest, and most prolific early 

 Strawberry ever introduced; produces an immense quan- 

 tity of large and even-sized fruits, succeeding wherever 

 Strawberries can be grown. 



Old Pine or Carolina. — Very richly flavoured, but will 

 not grow on all soils. It is worth a trial, as when it will 

 do it is worth its place. 



Oscar. — An excellent variety for general crop, an abun- 

 dant bearer of firm, juicy and richly flavoured, wedge- 

 shaped fruits. 



Pioneer. — A very large and handsome late mid-season 

 fruit of excellent quality. Flesh firm, colour deep-scarlet. 



President. — One of the most useful and highly-flavoured 

 main-crop Strawberries grown. Fruit large, bright-crim- 

 son, flavour excellent ; plant hardy and prolific, forces well. 



Preston Seedling.— A Strawberry largely grown under 

 various names as a garden and market variety chiefly in 

 northern districts. It is very productive, hardy and 

 vigorous, the fruit large, long conical in shape, and of 

 good flavour. 



Prince of Wales. — A cross between Waterloo and British 

 Queen, of large size and rich flavour, dwarf in habit. 



Princess of Wales. — A cross between Latest of All and 

 Frogmore Late Pine, of fine rich flavour and dwarf com- 

 pact habit. 



Queen of Denmark. — Raised from Frogmore Late Pine 

 and Waterloo, new in colour, firm in flesh, and of good 

 flavour ; good for general culture. 



Royal Sovereign ( see Plate ). — Raised from Noble, 

 crossed with King of the Earlies. This possesses all the 

 qualities required in a good Strawberry, either for open- 

 air cultivation or as a forcer. The fruit is of the largest 



