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highly perfumed, and very fine in flavour ; seeds brown, rather 

 projecting. This is certainly one of the best of all Strawberries as 

 regards quality, and is especially to be recommended for stiff moist 

 soils. It would, undoubtedly, be more extensively grown if it were 

 hardier, and if its propagation was not rendered tedious and difficult 

 from the circumstance of its producing very few runners, and these 

 thin and slender ones. 



Carolina Superba Strawberry. — Plant rather vigorous, hairy 

 on all its parts ; leaves dark green, shining on the upper surface ; 

 leaflets oval, folded or twisted, often spoon-shaped ; flowers medium- 

 sized, numerous ; flower-stems rather stout, but scarcely taller than 

 the leaves ; fruit large, heart-shaped, short, and vermilion colour ; 

 flesh very white, melting, buttery, perfumed, slightly musky ; seeds 



half-projecting. A very good and rather productive, but somewhat 

 tender variety. Fruit ripens mid-season. Although coming near 

 the British Queen Strawberry in other respects, this variety differs 

 from it in producing stout, thick, hairy runners. These are not 

 very numerous, and we have sometimes seen them flower in the 

 same year, but such an occurrence is exceptional. 



Centenary Strawberry. — A strong, vigorous plant ; leaves 

 broad, long stalked ; flowers large, white, borne on very long stems. 

 Fruit large, oblong, bluntly pointed, often cock's-comb shaped. A 

 thick, well-coloured, glistening fruit with deeply sunk seeds ; flesh 

 pink, juicy and of good quality ; ripens mid-season. Its chief 

 merit is that with no special care it can produce as large and as 

 beautiful fruit as those obtained at much expense with General 

 Chanzy and other sorts famous for their great size. It therefore 



British Queen Strawberry 

 (natural size). 



Carolina Superba Strawberry 

 (natural size). 



