By Mr. James Barnet. 



181 



by the pollen of the Old Black. It was also sent to the 

 Garden of the Society by John Williams, Esq. of Pitmaston, 

 with the name it now bears ; he received it from Mr. Knight, 

 and has continued to cultivate it, finding it a valuable fruit. 



It is a moderate bearer, ripening late. The fruit is small, 

 cone shaped, with a neck, hairy, when ripe an uniform bright 

 shining scarlet; the seeds prominent ; flesh firm, of a brighter 

 colour than the skin, hollow, with a small core, very rich and 

 high flavoured, possessing both sweetness and acidity admir- 

 ably united. The calyx is large, and reflexed. The footstalks 

 of the leaves are weak, very erect, slightly hairy ; the leaflets 

 small, oval or oblong, coarsely serrated, convex, their texture 

 thick, the upper surface smooth, shining light green. The 

 runners few, they are reddish, and grow upwards at first, as 

 in the Old Black. The scapes are the length of the leaf- 

 stalk, weak, upright, hairy, branched, with short stiff pedun- 

 cles, and flowers of moderate size. 



The principal objection to this Strawberry is that it does 

 not grow very freely, at least in the soil of the Garden at 

 Chiswick ; it would otherwise be a valuable variety 



Class III. Pine Strawberries. 



1. Bostock Strawberry. Was raised* by Mr. George 

 Dale, gardener to Francis Tomkinson, Esq. at Bostock, 

 in Cheshire. It was much cultivated by the Market Gar- 

 deners near London in the year 1819, and following years. 



* See Horticultural Transactions, Vol. iv. page 



