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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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The other portions of the plant were removed so as to better show 
the strength of the footstalk of the variety, which, as will be seen, 
is remarkable ; but the merit of this Strawberry consists in com¬ 
bining earliness and high quality with size and firmness. Mr. 
Paul informs us that it ripens at the same time as Black Prince 
and Yicomtesse Hericart de Thury, and is as prolific as the 
last-named variety, and when the first dish of Pauline was 
gathered Laxton’s Pioneer growing in the same row was only j ust 
colouring. Pauline was raised by Dr. Morere, and has been grown 
at Cheshunt for five or six years, and it is a little surprising that a 
variety so distinct has not become more widely known. The 
flower is also distinct by its bold shape, the fruit almost forming 
Fig. 14 .—Strawberry Pauline. 
before the flower expands. Possibly in all soils this variety may 
not succeed so well as at Cheshunt, but judging from the fine 
example submitted to us we think it well worthy of trial in various 
districts. The following is the description of the fruit:—Fruit 
large, oblong, and corrugated; deep red, and with a large 
number of small seeds strewed over the surface, and with a 
loDg glossy neck like the Old Pine. Flesh very solid, stained 
with red for some distance under the surface ; briskly flavoured, 
sweet, and with a very high flavour of the Old Pine. The flavour 
is very rich, and a fruit left over from Saturday till Monday, 
