170 Account and Description of Strawberries. 



than half the length of the leafstalk, slightly hairy, stiff ; the 

 peduncles short ; flowers very small, opening late. 



This variety resembles the Hudson's Bay closely, but the 

 footstalks are less hairy, the leaflets considerably larger, of 

 thinner texture, the seeds less numerous, and more deeply 

 embedded ; the fruit is of a brighter colour, and more re- 

 gularly shaped, it is very handsome. 



16. Scone Scarlet Strawberry. A seedling raised in 1813, 

 in the garden of the Earl of Mansfield, at Scone, in Perth- 

 shire, by Mr. William Beattie, the gardener, from what 

 was there called the Hudson's Bay. impregnated by the 

 Scarlet. Some years since there was cultivated in Perthshire a 

 Scarlet Strawberry under the name of Hudson's Bay, different 

 from the one I have described as growing in the Garden of 

 the Society, the one here called the Hudson's Bay being there 

 known as the Hudson's Pine. This last produced small pale 

 globular fruit of inferior quality and has been consequently 

 rejected from most of the Scotch gardens. It is not known in 

 the more southern parts of the kingdom, and is not in the 

 Society's collection. It was from this, that the kind now un- 

 der notice was probably raised. 



The Scone Scarlet is a great bearer, ripening late. The fruit 

 is round, of moderate size, without a neck, of a light shining 

 red on the upper side, paler on the other, hairy ; the seeds 

 dark brown, deeply embedded, with round intervals ; the 

 flesh firm, pale pink; the flavour sharp, with abundance of 

 acid. The calyx middle sized, reflexed. The leaves are 

 very like those of the Hudson's Bay, but broader, and with 

 a less uneven surface ; their footstalks are rather long and 



