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measure three inches along the apex. It is a free grower, 

 but will not bear under glass. Its size and peculiar shape will 

 always make it an object of attraction, 



26. Wilmot's Late Scarlet Strawberry. Was also raised 

 by Mr. John Wilmot, of Isleworth, about the year 1815, 

 Specimens of the fruit were first exhibited to the Horticultu- 

 ral Society in 1817, and a short notice* of the variety was 

 published afterwards in the Transactions. 



Synonyms. 

 Wilmot's Scarlet. Large Virginian. 



Wilmot's new Scarlet. Late Virginian. 

 Wilmot's Seedling. 



It is a good bearer, ripening late enough to succeed the 

 Old Scarlet, and producing its berries in succession, so as to 

 afford a continued supply. The fruit is very large, bluntly co- 

 nical, irregularly shaped, shining light red ; the seeds are small, 

 deeply embedded ; the intervals ridged ; the flesh white, hollow 

 in the centre ; the flavour moderate. The calyx incurved. The 

 footstalks of the leaves are tall, strong, slightly hairy ; the leaf- 

 lets large, nearly round or oval, flat, deeply serrated, the texture 

 very thick, the upper surface without hairs, shining dark green. 

 Runners few, brown on the upper side. Scapes the length of 

 the footstalk of the leaves, slightly pubescent, stiff and stand- 

 ing up amongst the leaves ; peduncles much branched ; 

 flowers large and late. The fruit is frequently much paler 

 on one side than on the other. 



In general appearance this variety is more like a small 

 Pine than a Scarlet. The plants require good space in a bed, 



* See Horticultural Transactions, Vol. iii. page 115, 



