166 Account and Description of Strawberries. 



kinds in the Society's Garden, when it was first received, 

 and has no other authority for its use ; it has been however, 

 retained, and is now published, with the above history of 

 its origin, because the kind having been much admired in 

 the past season, has been very generally distributed to the 

 Members of the Society with that appellation. 



It is an abundant bearer ; its time of ripening is later than 

 that of the Old Scarlet. The fruit is conical, with a neck, 

 middle sized, of a dark scarlet colour ; the seeds are numerous 

 variously but deeply embedded, with irregular intervals, 

 acutely ridged ; the flesh is solid, pale scarlet, of excellent 

 flavour, and possessing a peculiar sweetness. The calyx is 

 large and incurved. The footstalks of the leaves are tall, 

 strong, slightly hairy ; the leaflets large, nearly oval, very 

 concave, spreading horizontally, coarsely serrated, the upper 

 surface hairy, yellowish green. The runners are middle sized, 

 numerous, reddish. The scapes are the length of the leaf- 

 stalks, slightly hairy, with peduncles of moderate length ; the 

 blossoms small, with abortive anthers, It retains its leaves in 

 winter. 



A most excellent Strawberry, deserving of general cultiva- 

 tion. Though not so strong in habit, it bears some affinity 

 to the American Scarlet, but its fruit ripens earlier. Its 

 peculiar merit is the sweetness of its fruit, in this quality it 

 surpasses every other kind which has fallen under my obser- 

 vation. 



13. American Scarlet Strawberry. A variety for the 

 knowledge of which the Society is indebted to private collec- 

 tors, from several of whom it was received. It came only 



