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every plant are occasionally defective, or blind as 

 they are called, is perfectly true ; but it has never 

 been noticed that the same plants are constantly so, 

 at least so far as the writer has observed. 



Within these few y^ars there have been three va* 

 rieties of the hauthois brought into notice, viz, the 

 globe, the flat, and the prolific ; the qualities of each 

 are, however, much like the old sort, differing only 

 in shape. One of the best is the — 



16. Prolific S. — Fruit large, swollen at the base, 

 and diminishing toward the point : colour dark red, 

 pulp solid, greenitih, and of a fine musky flavour. 

 It is, as the name imports, a good bearer, and in 

 some seasons yields a second crop in the autumn. 

 The plants are only serviceable for three years, 

 being in their prim« in the second. New plantations 

 should therefore be made every second year. A 

 slight dressing of well-consumed dung is useful to the 

 plants in the two last seasons. 



17. Green Pine S. — Small but high-flavoured fruit, 

 pine apple shape, not a very good bearer : but as it 

 is admired for its peculiar flavour, beds may be 

 planted with it in light warm soil, and in an open 

 situation. Being of diminutive habit the plants may 

 be dibbed in six inches apart and let to run together^ 

 or kept separate, as convenience may direct, 



18. Red Wood S. — This and its congener the 

 white wood (the later but an indifferent bearer) are 

 natives of this country, and sometimes introduced 

 into gardens by those who relish their sweet tartish 

 taste. These sorts are readily raised from seeds 



