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LXIV. Notice of new or remarkable Varieties of Fruits, 

 ripened in the Summer and Autumn of the year 1822, which 

 were exhibited at Meetings of the Horticultural Society, 



Strawberries. 

 Mb. John Nairn, Gardener to Thomas Forbes Rey- 

 nolds, Esq. at Hackbridge in Surrey, sent to the Meeting 

 on the 12th of June, specimens of a new Scarlet Strawberry 

 raised by him from seed. The berries are conical, near an 

 inch long, with a slight elongation of the neck, and with a 

 reflexed calyx. The colour is a very bright scarlet, the seeds 

 yellow, deeply embedded ; the flesh is stained with red, but 

 not quite through : in flavour it closely resembles the old 

 Scarlet, but greatly surpasses it in size. The plants are abun- 

 dant bearers, and carry their fruit well above the ground ; it 

 has been named Nairn s Scarlet Strawberry. 



Mr. John Wilmot sent to the Meeting on the 18th of 

 June, specimens of a Seedling Strawberry raised by him from 

 Keens' Imperial. Its colour is so deep that Mr. Wilmot 

 has named it Wilmot s Black Imperial : it is of the middle 

 size, nearly round, some of the berries are flattened into the 

 cockscomb shape ; the texture of the flesh is firm, and the 

 surface shines as if varnished ; the seeds are yellow, not nu- 

 merous, nor deeply imbedded; the flesh is of a deep red 

 colour throughout, sweet, and of very superior flavour. The 

 firmness of the exterior of this fruit, as it protects it from 

 injury by carriage, must render it an acquisition for the 

 market. 



