By Mr. James Barnet. 



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12. Black Prince Strawberry. This was raised from the 

 seed of Keens' Imperial by Mr. John Wilmot of Isleworth, 

 in 1820. Specimens of it were exhibited to the Horticul- 

 tural Society in June 1822, and a notice of it was subsequently 

 published,* under the name of Wilmot' $ Black Imperial 



It is a good bearer, ripening early for a Pine. The fruit is 

 middle sized, depressed-spherical, with a furrow at the apex, 

 hairy, when ripe entirely of a very dark violet colour ; the 

 seeds slightly embedded ; the skin of the fruit is highly polish- 

 ed ; the flesh is solid, very firm, of a rich dull scarlet, with 

 a small core, with a flavour higher than the Imperial, the 

 juice dark. The calyx is small for a Pine, and spreading. The 

 footstalks of the leaves are very short, almost smooth, the 

 leaflets middle sized, nearly round, convex, with blunted 

 serratures, the upper surface smooth, shining dark green. 

 The runners numerous, light brown on the upper side. The 

 scapes very short, stiff, hairy, branching much ; the peduncles 

 long ; the blossoms very small. 



This is one of the most singular Strawberries that has yet 

 been raised, on account of its peculiar dark and polished sur- 

 face, which gives it an appearance entirely unlike any other 

 yet known. Mr. Wilmot states that it is one of the best 

 forcers he knows, producing a plentiful and certain crop. In 

 habit it approaches Keens' Imperial; the leaflets are of 

 thicker texture, the upper surface more furrowed and convex. 

 The whole plant is dwarf. The fruit is considerably smaller 

 than its parent, and not so coarse. 



13. Mulberry Strawberry. Of the origin of this fruit J 



• See Horticultural Transactions, Vol. v. page 398. 



