By Mr. James Barnet. 



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a neck, hairy, of a very dark purplish red next the sun, where 

 the seeds are of the same colour, it is paler on the other side 

 with yellow seeds; the intervals between the seeds are scarcely 

 elevated ; the flesh is scarlet, firm, with a core, buttery, 

 very rich, and highly flavoured. The calyx is large and re- 

 flexed. The footstalks of the leaves are tall, weak, very erect, 

 slightly hairy ; the leaflets very small, oblong or oval, with 

 blunt serratures, of very thin texture, their upper surface 

 slightly hairy, shining light green. The runners numerous, 

 large, reddish on the upper side when exposed to the sun, 

 rising upwards at first and not trailing. The scapes are very 

 short, stiff, hairy, with long peduncles, bearing large blossoms. 

 The leaves of this and others of the same Class remain toler- 

 ably perfect during winter. 



The very superior and peculiar flavour of this Strawberry 

 entitles it to much attention, and but for its unproductiveness 

 it would be extensively grown. It has been the means, either 

 from its seeds, or by its pollen impregnating other kinds, of 

 supplying us with many of the finest and best novelties which 

 have been produced within the last few years. Old plants of 

 this variety of three or four years standing, left undisturbed, 

 are said to bear much better than younger ones. The plants 

 are tender, and apt to die in winter. 



2. Pitmaston Black Strawberry. Was raised by John 

 Williams, Esq. of Pitmaston, and sent to the Garden of the 

 Society as the Late Pitmaston Black, to distinguish it from 

 another kind, which was called the Early Pitmaston Black, 

 but that being now placed (according to its affinity ) among 

 the Scarlets, the necessity of an addition indicating its time 



