By Mr. James Barnet. 



L67 



from one Nursery Garden, but in that case under an erroneous 

 name. It is said to have been introduced from North Ame- 

 rica, and to have been known above twenty years. 



Synonym. 

 Black American. 



It is a very good bearer, ripening so much after all the 

 other Scarlets, as to secure to its possessors the production 

 of that class of Strawberries in succession to a late period. 

 The fruit is large, conical and pointed, with a neck, of a deep 

 rich shining blood red, rough, with numerous brownish seeds, 

 which are embedded, but not deeply, with sharp intervals ; 

 the flesh is dark scarlet, firm, and with a core; the flavour rich 

 and agreeable. The calyx is irregularly reflexed. The leaves 

 stand very high, they are large, oblong and opaque ; the foot- 

 stalks erect, slightly hairy, very strong ; the leaflets large, 

 slightly concave, spreading horizontally, oval, their texture 

 rather thick, coarsely and roundly serrated, the upper surface 

 slightly hairy, of a very dark shining green. The runners are 

 rather numerous, large, light green, red where exposed. The 

 scapes are short, slightly hairy, strong and upright, with very 

 long branched peduncles ; the blossoms small and late, with 

 imperfect stamens, the anthers being mostly destitute of 

 pollen. Its leaves remain on the plant through the winter. 



This is the tallest and most spreading of the Scarlets ; 

 though the leaflets are much smaller than those of the Old 

 Scarlet, the footstalks are longer and stronger, consequently 

 it is necessary to give it more room than usually is allowed 

 to Scarlet Strawberries, and the scapes being much shaded 

 by the leaves, an additional neccessity is thereby caused for 



