By Mr. James Barnet. 



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The footstalks tall, hairy, rather strong ; the leaflets small, 

 nearly round, with small blunt serratures, their texture thick, 

 the upper surface very smooth, shining dark green. The run- 

 ners numerous, very strong, thick, and hairy. The scapes are 

 the length of the footstalks, stiff, very hairy, upright, and 

 much branched or divided; the peduncles very long, the 

 truss consequently appears large, and it is also considerably 

 elevated above the leaves before the berries swell, but after 

 it is bent down by their weight ; the blossoms are large, 

 and produce fertile anthers. 



This is a Strawberry of great promise, the fruit is very beau- 

 tiful and of extraordinary size ; one that I had an opportunity 

 of examining measured six inches and a half in circumference. 

 The crossing seems to have produced all the change that 

 was necessary to the Chili Strawberry, it has added to it 

 beauty, productiveness, colour, and flavour. The plant itself 

 is stronger and more vigorous than its female parent. 



3. Yelloiv Chili Strawberry. This is a new variety, raised 

 from seed of the Old Chili, impregnated by the pollen of the 

 Downton Strawberry, in the garden of John Williams, Esq. 

 of Pitmaston, by whom it was presented to the Society's 

 Garden. It bore fruit first in the year 1821. 



A plentiful bearer, ripening late. The fruit is very large, ir- 

 regularly ovate, frequently compressed, and sometimes cocks- 

 combed, brown on the exposed side, and yellow on the other ; 

 seeds brown, slightly embedded, with flat intervals ; flesh very 

 firm, buttery, yellowish, with a core ; flavour very rich, with 

 some acidity. The calyx is large, and incurved. The foot- 

 stalks of the leaves are tall, and hairy. Leaflets middle sized, 



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