398 An Account of the Downton Strawberry. 



in shape, as is evident from Mr. Hooker's drawing, as well 



as from his description of those berries, which he tasted and 



examined. 



Mr. Knight states the produce of this variety to have 

 been very abundant, in the last and preceding season : and, 

 in addition to its other merits, it has the property of afford- 

 ing a long succession of crop, since it continues to furnish a 

 supply of fruit for five or six weeks, from the time it first 

 begins to ripen. The foliage is rather large, the footstalks 

 of the leaves are very hairy, and the leaves themselves are 

 somewhat so. The plant seems to possess a singular hardi- 

 ness in its leaves, as they remained quite fresh and green 

 through the whole of the two past winters. 



