STRAWBERRIES 37 
same aggregate amount of warmth and sunshine. This 
system is scarcely likely to come into general use, but it 
is just the sort of thing to interest amateurs, and there 
is no question but that a barrel of well-grown and 
well-fruited strawberries presents a pleasing picture. 
SELECTIONS 
A.M. = Award of Merit; and F.C.C. = First-Class 
Certificate of the Royal Horticultural Society. 
Asterisks indicate the very best in each section. 
- EaRLy VARIETIES 
Auguste Nicaise, A.M., crimson, deep red flesh. 
*Empress of India, large, bright scarlet, firm, British 
Queen flavour. 
John Ruskin, dark red, light red flesh, rich. 
Meems mecdiing, crimson, firm, rich, free cropper; 
still a good forcing sort. 
*King of the Earlies, dark scarlet, firm, rich, very 
early. 
Laxton’s No. 1, (Noble x May Queen), another very 
early variety, probably the earliest out of doors 
Leader, F.C.C., (Noble x Latest of All), crimson, pale 
flesh. 
*La Grosse Sucrée, deep red, paler flesh, juicy, good 
flavour, useful for forcing. 
Noble, light scarlet, very early, heavy crop, now easily 
surpassed for flavour. 
*Royal Sovereign, F.C.C., the most popular strawberry, 
crimson scarlet, pink flesh, very free, good flavour. 
Steven's Wonder, F.C.C., rosy red, pale flesh, some- 
what soft, heavy cropper. 
“Scarlet Queen, (Noble x King of the Earlies), very 
bright, free cropper. 
