162 . Account and Description of Strawberries. 



name is accounted for. It having been held in little estima- 

 tion by the few who have cultivated it, it has not been much 

 distributed, and is therefore but little knowri. 



It is a moderate bearer, ripening early. The fruit oblong, 

 with a neck, of moderate size, bright scarlet, the apex blunt ; 

 the seeds nearly prominent, with very flat intervals; the 

 flesh bright scarlet, firm, and highly flavoured. The leaves 

 are opaque; the footstalks somewhat erect, short, weak, 

 slightly hairy, reddish early in the summer, becoming green 

 afterwards; the leaflets of moderate size, oval, spreading, 

 very flat or slightly concave, uniformly and bluntly serrated, 

 the upper surface slightly hairy, shining bright green. The 

 runners are similar to those of the Duke of Kent's. The 

 scapes are short and slender ; peduncles of moderate length ; 

 flowers small, and early. 



This Strawberry is very closely allied to the Duke of 

 Kent's, with which it has probably sometimes been con- 

 founded ; it ripens nearly at the same time, and though not 

 so prolific, yet has a superior flavour ; its leaves grow more 

 compactly together, and their surface is more even. 



0. Morrisania Scarlet Strawberry. This Strawberry was 

 received from North America ; it was one of a collection sent 

 from New York to the Horticultural Society by Dr. Hosack, 

 in the end of the year 1821. It is a good bearer, ripening 

 early. The fruit grows in clusters, is round, very small, 

 shining dark red ; the seeds are not numerous, nor deeply 

 imbedded; the intervals are rounded and wide; the flesh 

 whitish, soft, without a detached core ; the flavour tolerable. 

 The calyx spreading with many acute divisions. The foot- 



