262 Notices of New or Remarkable 



Strawberry, raised from the seed of Keens' Imperial, which 

 has been named Wilmot's Coxcomb Scarlet. The berries are 

 larger than the old Scarlet ; those which ripen first are re- 

 markably cockscomb-shaped, the berry being flattened and 

 extended sideways, so much as completely to envelope the 

 calyx ; the succeeding fruits are round, with a considerable 

 depression at the head. When fully ripe, the colour is as 

 rich as that of the old Scarlet, and it penetrates in broad 

 rays a considerable way towards the centre. The flavour is 

 rich and sprightly. The fruit stalks are flattened so as to 

 have the appearance of two growing together. The plants 

 are very fertile, and remain a long time in bearing, yielding a 

 strong succession of fruit, which they carry high from the 

 ground. The variety is most remarkable, both on account of 

 its singularity of shape, and of its beautiful appearance. 



Cherries. 



Specimens of a new Cherry were received from Thomas 

 Andrew Knight, Esq. on the 16th of July, which it is pro- 

 posed to call the Downton Cherry. It is very blunt, heart- 

 shaped, nearly round, slightly depressed at the point, and a 

 little flattened on one side, where a very small suture extends 

 from the insertion of the stalk to the point. In colour it nearly 

 resembles the Elton, being a pale yellow sprinkled with nu- 

 merous minute red spots, with larger patches of dull red or 

 maroon, its general colour being something deeper than that 

 of the Elton. The stalk also is shorter than that of the Elton, 

 and deeply inserted. The flesh is of a pale amber colour, 

 transparent, without any stain of red, adhering slightly to the 



