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Account of a new Strawberry. 



very different from, and far superior to all its companions ; 

 and the next year it fully justified the preference I had given 

 it. The growth of the plant is free and vigorous, the stalk, 

 as must have been observed by the specimens presented 

 last year to your Society, erect, stronger, and more able 

 to sustain the fruit than those of any other kind known, 

 which alone would give it a decided superiority over others 

 in wet weather. The shape of the fruit is round, like its 

 parent, the Chili Strawberry : and its colour being of a very 

 fine deep crimson, gives a richness to its appearance, far 

 above that of any other kind. The seeds project consider- 

 ably and defend it from bruises, which preserves the fine 

 bloom upon the fruit, and renders it by far the most port- 

 able, as it is the most beautiful fruit of its kind. 



I am, Sir, 

 your most obedient humble servant, 



MICHAEL KEENS. 



Note by the Secretary. 

 The flavour of the specimens of this Strawberry which were 

 brought to the Horticultural Soeiety, was not high ; but its 

 great beauty, and the probability of its being useful in the 

 London market, have induced the Council to publish a figure 

 of it. It has been called the Imperial Strawberry. 



