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SMALL FKUIT CULTUKIST. 



or seen in market^ with the exception of forced fruit. Of 

 late the forcing of Strawberries under glass^ in order to 

 have the fruit ripen during winter^ has become a business 

 of considerable imj)ortance in the suburbs of nearly all 

 our larger cities, and for this purpose some of the foreign 

 sorts are said to be preferable to the native, owing in part 

 to their mild flavor, when raised under these artificial 

 conditions. For the above reasons, I have thought best 

 to retain the foreign list very much as it Avas in the first 

 edition of this work. Many new varieties might be added, 

 but little is known of them, and their merits would have 

 to be taken on trust, while those here named have been 

 pretty thoroughly tested by myself and other cultivators 

 in this country. 



Ambrosia. {Nicholson.) — Large, roundish, dark red, 

 sweet and very good, moderately vigorous and productive. 



Admiral Dundas, {M!/atL)—Vevj large, irregular, of- 

 ten flattened, pale scarlet, very juicy, and brisk flavored. 



Baron Beman de Liuuick. (Makoy.) — Very large, 

 oblate or flat- 

 tened cone, light 

 scarlet ; seeds 

 prominent; flesh 

 pink, solid, sweet 

 and perfumed. 



Boule d'Or. 



( JSoisselot. ) — 

 Very large, 

 roundish, flat- 

 tened, figure 45 ; 

 color a bright, 

 glossy, orange Fig. 45.— boule d'or. 



scarlet; seeds prominent; flesh white, sweet and good; 

 plant robust and moderately productive. 



Bonte de St. Julien. { Carre.) — Medium to large, coni- 



