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STRAWBERRIES. 



ductive runners become in time more numerous, and gain the 

 ascendency, and then the whole are considered as being de- 

 teriorated. This variety having perfect stamens in all its 

 flowers, is consequently not liable to the inconvenience above 

 mentioned, and it is very productive of fruit. It frequently in 

 good seasons yields a second crop in autumn, the berries of 

 which are much larger than those of its regular produce, but 

 they are not very numerous. It is the best Hautbois we possess, 

 and was first described under the name of Prolific or Conical 

 Hautbois, being distinguished, by the latter appellatiouj from 

 the Flat Hautbois, which is also very prolific. It may be 

 cultivated in good garden soil, in an open situation, and will 

 continue to produce well for many years, even if not removed. 

 Leaves light green; footstalks long, hairy; leaflets middle 

 sized, oblong, with coarse serratures ; hairy. Scapes long, 

 raising the flowers above the leaves, with branched peduncles; 

 calyx small, reflexed ; petals broad, at first imbricated, after- 

 wards folded together; stamens strong, higher than the stig- 

 mas, remaining after the fruit ripens ; anthers perfect. Fruit 

 large, conical, dark dull purple, grains slightly imbedded ; 

 flesh solid, greenish, high flavoured, and musky." 



SWEET CONE. Pom. Mag. Lond. Hort. trans. 



This variety was raised by Mr. Knight in 1817, from a seed 

 of the Old Pine, impregnated by the Old Black, thus com- 

 bining the qualities of the two best flavoured varieties then 

 existing in the English gardens. Its greatest affinity is to the 

 male parent, and it has consequently been placed by the Lon- 

 don Horticultural Society in the class of Black Strawberries. 

 It is a moderate bearer, but produces fruit more abundantly 

 in a shaded and moist situation than when exposed to much 

 sun. It is hardier than the Old Black variety, and the plants 

 grow bushy and produce few runners. This deficiency is 

 however frequently supplied by the first scapes forming young 

 plants, which when put into the ground emit roots. The 

 leaves are yellowish green, footstalks erect and slightly hairy ; 



