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STRAWBERRIES. 



the flesh is nearly of the same colour as the outside, but of a 

 little paler hue, firm, and of good flavour. 



PITMASTON BLACK SCARLET. Hort. trans. Lind. 



Early Pitmaston Black. lb. 



This fruit is of moderate size, oblong, with a neck, slightly 

 hairy, and of a dark purplish red colour ; the seeds on the 

 sunny side are of a similar hue, but on the other they are 

 yellow, not deeply embedded, and the intervals are rather flat. 

 The flesh is tinged with scarlet, tender, with a small core, 

 sweet mingled with a pleasant acidity, and partaking a little 

 of the raspberry flavour. 



SCONE SCARLET. Hort. trans. Lind. 



This fruit is of moderate size, round, without a neck, hairy, 

 of a light shining red on the sunny side, and paler on the 

 other ; the seeds are dark brown, deeply -embedded, with round 

 intervals ; the flesh firm, and of a pale pink hue ; the flavour 

 sharp, with abundance of acid. It is a great bearer, ripens 

 late, and the fruit contains more acidity than any other known 

 variety. 



RemarJcs. 



The varieties of strawberries here described are deemed suf- 

 ficient in point of number for the purpose of selection ; the 

 author has, however, a number of kinds under culture of which 

 he cannot at present define the peculiarities with sufficient pre- 

 cision, and he therefore defers noticing them until his investi- 

 gations are perfected. In the descriptions given in this work, 

 where the size of the fruit is mentioned, it is to be understood 

 that the comparison is only made between the varieties belong- 

 ing to each particular class, and that it does not comprise the 

 varieties belonging to other classes ; and where it is stated 

 that the fruit has a core, the idea intended to be conveyed, is, 

 that the core readily separates, adhering to the calyx, when the 

 receptacle is removed. 



