By Mr. James Barnet. 



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In habit this Strawberry is much dwarfer than the Old 

 Scarlet ; its leaves are not so numerous, but shorter, blunter, 

 and of much thicker texture. It differs from the Charlotte, 

 which it otherwise much resembles, in the serratures being 

 deeper and sharper, the upper surface of the leaves also is 

 not so glaucous, and their general texture is thicker. This 

 variety should have the preference to the Charlotte in a col- 

 lection, as yielding a better crop of fruit, and it is considered 

 one of the best of all the Scarlets for preserving. 



21. Pitmaston Black Scarlet Strawberry. Was raised in 

 the garden of J ohn Williams, Esq. of Pitmaston, near Wor- 

 cester, from a seed of the Old Black, the parent plant having 

 grown near a plantation of Roseberry Strawberries ; the seed 

 which produced this was probably impregnated by pollen 

 from the neighbouring bed, for the variety has too much 

 affinity to the Roseberry to justify the supposition that it is 

 an accidental sport of the Old Black. It has consequently been 

 placed in the Scarlet Class, on which account a change has 

 been made in its name. It was originally received as the Early 

 Pitmaston Black. It first bore fruit at Pitmaston, in 1818. 



It is a productive bearer, but later in ripening than several 

 of the other Scarlets. The fruit is of moderate size, oblong, 

 with a neck, dark purplish red, slightly hairy ; the seeds are of 

 the same colour as the fruit on the exposed side, yellow on 

 the other, they are embedded, but not deeply ; the intervals 

 are rather flat ; the flesh is tinted with scarlet, it has a small 

 core ; the pulp is tender, sweet, mixed with a pleasant acid, 

 and has a little of the Roseberry flavour. The calyx is very 

 large and spreading, sometimes reflexed. The foot-stalks of 



