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STRAWBERRIES. 



CARMINE SCARLET. Lond. hort. thaxNs. Lind. 



Carmine Roseberry. 



This fruit is of a large size, bluntly conical, with a neck, 

 and of a brilliant shining varnished red ; the seeds are shght- 

 ly embedded, with sharp ridged intervals ; the flesh is of a 

 pale scarlet hue tinged with red, firm and of a very high 

 flavour. 



MELON. Pr. cat. Loud. gard. mag. 



Loudon gives the following description of this variety. It 

 is a seedling, raised at Aberdeen, which has been declared by 

 Dr. Dyce of that city, to be " the finest variety in existence." 

 " The size and shape of this fruit in a great measure resemble 

 the Roseberry but rather larger ; the colour is very dark, the 

 flavour exquisite, and the plant is an abundant bearer and 

 forces well." The above description (Mr. Loudon observes) 

 was sent to London together with two or three plants, by Mr. 

 Alexander Diack, secretary to the Aberdeen Horticultural So- 

 ciety ; and Mr. L. further states that he had tasted in Mr. 

 Groom's garden what are there called Diack' s No. 1 and 

 No. 2, which are excellent strawberries and great bearers. 



GARNESTONE SCARLET. Hort. trans. Lind. 



This fruit is of medium size, round, hairy, with a short neck 

 and of a rich glossy scarlet hue ; the seeds are red, deeply 

 embedded, with round intervals ; the flesh scarlet, firm, with a 

 sharp agreeable flavour. 



GRIMSTONE SCARLET. Hort. trans. Lind. 



This fruit is of medium size, conical, with a neck, and of a 

 dark scarlet colour; the seeds are numerous, variously but 

 deeply embedded, with regular acutely ridged intervals ; the 

 flesh solid, pale scarlet, of excellent flavour, and possessing a 

 1 peculiar sweetness. 



