158 Account and Description of Strawberries. 



ductiveness Alexander Seton, Esq. gives the following 

 instance, " I got from five insulated plants this season (1822) 

 at one gathering, 450 good Strawberries, and upwards of 450 

 more at the subsequent gatherings." 



5. Carmine Scarlet Strawberry. A seedling raised by 

 John Williams, Esq. of Pitmaston, from a seed of the Rose- 

 berry impregnated by the pollen of the Old Black. It first 

 produced fruit in 1820. 



Synonym. 

 Carmine Roseberry. 



This is a good bearer, ripening late, and, like the Rose- 

 berry, producing its fruit in succession. The fruit is large, 

 bluntly conical, with a neck, a brilliant red, shining as 

 if varnished ; the seeds are slightly embedded, with sharp 

 ridged intervals ; the flesh is pale scarlet, tinted with red, 

 firm, and very high flavoured. The calyx is large and spread- 

 ing. The leaves grow near the ground, are numerous, and 

 middle sized ; the footstalks slightly hairy ; the leaflets of 

 moderate size, obtusely ovate, or elliptical, deeply and irre- 

 gularly serrated, the upper surface hairy, light green. The 

 runners are small, numerous, reddish on the upper side. The 

 scapes are very short ; peduncles proliferous, long ; the 

 flowers are very large, and open late. 



This Strawberry may be distinguished from the Roseberry 

 by its leaves and flowers being considerably larger, the first 

 are also of a much brighter green. It is a kind deserving of 

 cultivation both on account of its flavour, and its beauty ; it 



