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XXIV. An Account of a new Strawberry. In a Letter to 

 the Secretary. By Mr. Michael Keens. 



Read February 1, 1814. 



Sir, 



II aving been for many years eager in the pursuit of every 

 thing connected with Horticulture, which is also my occu- 

 pation, the desire of communicating whatever may have 

 occurred in a long practice, apparently beneficial to society 

 in general, urges me to trouble you with a few lines on the 

 subject of a new Strawberry, different specimens of which I 

 had the honour of exhibiting to the Horticultural Society last 

 season. 



Having frequently, in the course of many years practice, 

 observed the deterioration of several kinds of fruit, when 

 propagated in the usual ways by slips, buds, cuttings, scions, 

 or division of the parent root, I have for a considerable time 

 employed myself in raising new varieties from seed, which 

 has been not only a source of great amusement to me, but 

 also very profitable in my profession. 



About the year 1806 I raised, as usual, a great many 

 Strawberries from seed; and the seed I sowed at that time was 

 that of the large white Chili Strawberry. The produce of a 

 numerous progeny, thus obtained, was in general white, and 

 by no means well-flavoured; one, however, among them 

 which is the subject of this letter, attracted my notice, as 



