STRAWBERRIES. 



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HUDSON'S BAY. Pr. cat. 



HudsorCs Bay Scarlet. Hort. Trans. Lind. 

 American Scarlet, Late Scarlet, > of English 



Hudson's Pine, York river Scarlet, ^ Catalogues, &c. 

 Hopwood's Scarlet. 



This variety is more extensively cultivated for supplying 

 the markets of New-York than any other. The Large Early 

 Scarlet is the only one preferred to it for the same object, but 

 that is of recent origin, and has not yet become generally dis- 

 seminated, owing in a great measure to the unwillingness of 

 the person who raised it to allow it to go out of his possession. 

 The fruit of the present variety is quite large, with a neck, 

 irregularly shaped, approaching to ovate, and of a dark rich 

 shining red hue ; the seeds are unequal in size, deeply embed- 

 ded, with ridged intervals ; the flesh is a pale scarlet, firm, 

 hollow, with a core ; of good flavour with some acidity. The 

 berries should not be gathered until they assume a dark colour, 

 and are fully ripe, as otherwise the acidity of the fruit pre- 

 dominates, and injures its flavour. This is an exceedingly 

 productive strawberry, and its culture for market is found to be 

 highly profitable. The New-Hudson is a seedhng variety 

 raised from the one here described. 



CHARLOTTE. Hort. trans. Lind. 



Princess Charlotte's Strawberry. 



This fruit is of medium size and round form, hairy, and of 

 a purplish red hue ; the flesh scarlet, firm, and high flavoured. 

 It is a very moderate bearer, but ripens early. 



CLUSTERED SCARLET. Hort. traiss. Lind. 



Clustered Wood Pine. 



This fruit is of a moderate size, obtusely conical, or nearly 

 round, very dark purplish red ; the seeds are of the same 

 colour as the fruit, unequally embedded between the intervals, 

 which are sometimes flat, and at other times bluntly ridged ; 

 the flesh is scarlet, firm, and well flavoured. 



