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Account and Description of Strawberries. 



from the plant, the berry appears as if it had been gathered 

 too long. 



4. Roseberry Strawberry, Was raised about the year 1808 

 in the garden of Robert Davidson, Esq. at Aberdeen, who 

 gave plants of it to Messrs. Cadenhead, nurserymen in that 

 place. It was sent to London from Aberdeen in the spring 

 of 1815. In the following year the fruit it produced excited 

 considerable attention. A history, description, and figure of 

 it were published in the Transactions* of the Horticultural 

 Society in 1817 ; it was there stated that Messrs, Cadenhead 

 were the original growers of the Strawberry, but this error 

 was subsequentlyf corrected. It was named the Rose Straw- 

 berry, because the original plant grew under a Rose bush. 



Aberdeen. 



It was received as the Prolific Pine from the garden of the 

 late Mr. James Lee of Hammersmith, where it was supposed 

 to be a seedling from the Old Pine. 



It is a most abundant bearer, coming in a week after the 

 Old Scarlet, and continuing to produce blossoms and fruit 

 plentifully in succession for several weeks, and sparingly until 

 late in the season. The plants which have been forced in the 

 spring, if turned out into a shaded and sheltered border, yield a 

 good crop in the autumn ; this other Strawberries will also do, 



* See Horticultural Transactions, Vol. ii. 1 & 2d Edit. p. 380. 3rd Edit. p. 378. 

 t See Horticultural Transactions, Vol. v. page 260. 



Synonyms. 



Rose Strawberry. 

 Scotch Scarlet. 



Aberdeen Seedling. 

 Prolific Pine. 



