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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Victoria Strawberry. 



rising well above the 

 slightly heart-shaped, 



stout, very branching, and generally taller than the leaves. Fruit 

 conical or heart-shaped, and very dark red ; flesh red, very firm, 

 sugary, juicy, sub-acid, and well perfumed ; seeds half-projecting. 

 The fruit of this variety bears carriage well. It ripens early, and is 



produced very abundantly and for a 

 long time. It is, consequently, grown 

 on a large scale for market supply, not 

 only in France, but also in England, 

 and is a very suitable kind for forcing. 

 The plant is one of those varieties from 

 which, under proper treatment, a second 

 crop may be most readily obtained in 

 autumn 



Victoria Strawberry. — A strong, 

 vigorous plant, forming broad dense 

 tufts ; leaflets very broad, nearly round, 

 with very large, very blunt teeth, and 

 of a rather dark, shining green colour ; 

 flowers numerous, medium-sized ; flower- 

 stems long, stout, very branching, and 

 leaves. Fruit large, very short, roundish, or 

 of a pale vermilion-red, and with a very 

 delicate skin ; flesh pink, exceedingly juicy and melting, and fairly 

 sugary and perfumed ; seeds very deeply sunk. Though the fruit 

 bears carriage badly, and does not keep well, it is pretty largely 

 grown for the Central Market at Paris, on account of its earliness 

 and its very great and long-continued 

 productiveness. It is especially suitable 

 for private kitchen-gardens. 



Wonderful, or Myatt's Prolific, 

 Strawberry. — Plant vigorous and of 

 medium height ; leaves numerous ; leaf- 

 stalks slender, rather hairy ; leaflets 

 medium-sized, nearly round, and a clear, 

 slightly gray -green colour ; flowers 

 medium-sized, very numerous ; flower- 

 stems very stout and very branching, 

 not always rising clearly above the leaves. 

 Fruit longjUsually flattened, almost always 

 square at the end, and very dark crimson 

 in colour ; flesh white, very firm, juicy, 

 very sugary, and highly perfumed ; seeds 

 black, small, projecting, and very numerous. A mid-season and 

 very productive variety, continuing to bear for a long time, uniting 

 great productiveness with good quality ; but, owing to the rather 

 dark colour of the fruit, not much in request in the markets. 



Wonderful (Myati s Prolific) 

 Strawberrv\ 



