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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



52756 to 52773— Continued. 



52758 to 52762. P'kagaria spp. Rosacese. Garden strawberry. 



52758. " International. A plant of very compact growth and robust 

 habit, producing long, leathery, vigorous foliage and very hand- 

 some wedge-shaped fruit which ripens about midseason. The 

 iuiiilit, glowing-scarlet fru t has white flesh, very rich in flavor, 

 and particularly firm and solid in texture." 



52759. " King George V. A tine, new, early, forcing, and outdoor 

 strawberry raised by crossing Louis Oauthier X Royal Sovereign. 

 It is a really magnificent fruit quite as large as, if not larger than, 

 Sovereign, but it ripens nearly a week earlier, when grown side 

 by side. The fruit is the brightest scarlet, but the flesh is orange- 

 red throughout. The flavor is delicious, excelling Royal Sorcrcign 

 or any other forcing strawberry with which we are acquainted. 

 It is a heavier cropper than Sovereign, forms splendid crowns, 

 and sets and swells particularly freely." 



52760. " La Perle. A very fine everbearing variety of French origin. 

 The large light-scarlet fruit has firm sweet flesh." 



52761. " Maincrop. A hybrid between Bedford Champion and Lax- 

 ton, producing fruit which combines size with flavor. A particu- 

 larly vigorous grower throwing out a profusion of very bold large 

 trusses of firm-textured, coxcomblike fruits. The color is very 

 rich and the flavor good ; both the outer skin and inner flesh are 

 firm, which qualities will enable it to bear packing and transit 

 well." 



52762. " White Perpetual. A hybrid between Louis Gauthier and 

 St. Antoine; it is a true perpetual throwing up its trusses of large, 

 nearly white fruits until stopped by frost in November. The 

 fla%'or is very sweet and luscious. The habit is similar to that of 

 St. Antoine." 



52763 to 52772. Rueus idaeus L. Rosaceae. European raspberry. 



52763. "Alundance. The richest flavored raspberry in cultivation, 

 a red raspberry seedling raised in the Lincolnshire fruit-growing 

 district, where it is being largely planted. The plant is a very 

 strong grower and enormous cropper." 



52764. Baumforth. Baumforth's seedling is one of the best for 

 general use ; it produces an abundance of large dark-crimson excel- 

 lent-flavored fruits." 



52765. "Bountiful. The strongest grower and heaviest cropper in 

 existence. The canes are strong and vigorous and entirely self- 

 supporting. The handsome bright-crimson conical fruit is larger 

 than that of Superlative; it is borne on long trusses. The flesh 

 is sweet and juicy, but is firm and stands travel well. While 

 Superlative and older sorts become worn out after many years' 

 propagating from canes, this variety has all the vigor of a seed- 

 ling. It is an improvement on the Bedford, which it resembles in 

 color of fruit and foliage, except that the color is of a darker 

 tint than that variety; the firm fruit is also larger and equally 

 good in flavor." 



52766. " Devon. A fine new red raspberry with a large conical fruit 

 of fine flavor and bright color. A very strong grower." 



