52 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Varieties withstanding Drought. 
Well. Moderately Well. Badly. 
Fruits ripe before Royal Sovereign. 
7 days before. 
Tuckswood Early. -f- 
5 days before. 
Sir Douglas Haig. = 
i day before. 
Bedford Champion. + Hatfield Favourite. -f Connoisseur. — 
The Duke. — President. = 
Bountiful. + 
Mme. Lafebre. — 
Ripe same time as Royal Sovereign. 
Royal Sovereign. = Victory. — Leader. i 
King George V. = Kentish Favourite.! 
The Queen. + *Alake. -\ — j- 
Pineapple. -|- 
St. Dunstan's. — 
Ripe 3-4 days after Royal Sovereign. 
International. — The Laxton. — 
Rival. H — (- Scarlet Queen. — 
Jucunda. + Loreburn. — — 
Unique. + 
Ripe same time as Sir Joseph Paxton (5 days after Royal Sovereign). 
Sir J. Paxton. -) — \- Admiral. — Glendoick Hybrid. 
Mme. Kooi. -f- Lord Roberts. — " Fillbasket. 
Ripe within 3 days of Sir Joseph Paxton. 
Sturton Cross. -f- 20th Century. 
Alice Howard. 
Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury. 
Earl. — — 
Reliance. 
Ripe same time as Countess (4 days after Sir Joseph Paxton). 
Countess. — 
British Queen. — 
Ripe within 3 days of Countess. 
Laxtonian. — Hibberd's King George. 
Progress. Givons Late Prolific. — 
Louis Gautier. = 
Ripe 5-6 days after Countess. 
Amazone. — — Utility. — — 
Laxton' s Latest. — 
Ripe 8 days after Countess. 
Waterloo. 
* Very few fruits ; odd ones here and there. 
All the autumn and perpetual fruiting varieties suffered very badly, ripening 
only a few fruits here and there from early blossoms. 
Descriptions and Notes. 
1 8, 81. Tuckswood Early, syn. Early Evern (J. Scarlett, Cousens), A.M.— 
Strong, compact grower, making medium-sized plants ; foliage small, pale ; 
heavy cropper ; trusses many, small, semi-erect ; berries medium size, firm, 
conical, elongated, bright scarlet; flesh white, sweet. Award made for eariiness. 
Raised by Mr. Holmes, Tuckswood, Norwich. 
