Fruit middle-sized, conical, with a neck, of a dark scarlet colour. Seeds numerous, variously but deeply embedded, with regular acutely ridged intervals. Flesh solid, pale scarlet, of excellent flavour, and possessing a peculiar sweetness.

47. GROVE END SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 159. Pom. Mag. 7.

Atkinson's Scarlet. Ib.

Wilmot's Early Scarlet.

Fruit of considerable size, depressed, spherical, of an uniform bright vermilion colour. Seeds slightly embedded, between flat intervals. Flesh pale scarlet, firm, with a core; flavour agreeable, and slightly acid.

This is a very excellent Strawberry, an excellent forcer, and an abundant bearer; ripening its berries in succession, and early.

48. HUDSON'S BAY SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 168.

American Scarlet.

Late Scarlet.

Hopwood's Scarlet.
Hudson's Pine.

York River Scarlet.

Fruit large, with a neck, irregularly shaped, approaching to ovate, of a rich dark shining red. Seeds unequal in size, deeply embedded, with ridged intervals. Flesh pale scarlet, firm, hollow, with a core; of a moderate flavour, with much acidity.

This should remain ungathered till it assumes a dark colour and is fully ripe; otherwise the acid which it contains predominates, and injures the flavour of the fruit. 49. KNIGHT'S LARGE SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 178.

American Scarlet.

Great American Scarlet.

Hairy-leaved Scarlet.

Knight's Scarlet.

Large Scarlet.

Fruit above the middle-size, roundish, or slightly conical, of a light vermilion colour. Seeds deeply

embedded, with ridged intervals. Flesh nearly white,

soft, of a pleasant flavour. 50. LEWISHAM SCARLET. p. 163.

Scarlet Cluster. Ib.

Hort. Trans. Vol. vi.

Fruit small-sized, roundish, with a short neck, of an uniform dark, shining, purplish red, growing in clusters, slightly hairy. Seeds embedded, but not deep, with flat intervals. Flesh scarlet, firm, and solid; the flavour very moderate.

51. METHVEN SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi.

p. 172.

Methven Castle.

Southampton Scarlet.

Fruit very large, cordate, compressed, inclining to cockscomb in the earliest fruit, the late ones conical, dark scarlet. Seeds pale yellow, not deeply embedded, regularly and closely set with ridged intervals. Flesh scarlet, very woolly, and tasteless, with a large hollow in the centre.

52. MORRISANIA SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 162.

ters.

Fruit very small, round, dark red, growing in clusSeeds not numerous, more deeply embedded, with wide rounded intervals. Flesh whitish, soft, with a detached core; flavour tolerable.

53. NAIRN'S SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 169.

Fruit of moderate size, irregularly ovate, sometimes with a short neck, of a deep rich, shining red. Seeds very deeply embedded, with sharp intervals. Flesh pale scarlet, firm, with a core: the flavour not rich, though agreeable, with less acid than the Hudson's Bay. It is a good bearer, ripening rather late.

54. NARROW-LEAVED SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 177.

Fruit middle-sized, conical, with a neck, hairy, of

an uniform bright scarlet. Seeds projecting, with flat intervals. Flesh firm, solid, pale scarlet, with a tolerably rich flavour.

55. OBLONG SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 153.

Long Scarlet.

Long-fruited Scarlet.

Padley's Early Scarlet.

Fruit rather large, oblong, with a long neck, which part being without seeds has a peculiar glossy or shining appearance, of a bright light scarlet. Seeds few, deeply embedded, between ridged intervals. Flesh nearly of the same colour as the outside, but a little paler, firm, and well-flavoured.

56. OLD SCARLET.
Scarlet. Langley, p.
Ecarlate de Virginie.
Early Scarlet.
Original Scarlet.

Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. P. 152.
120. t. 55. fig. 1.

Duhamel, No. 11. t. 5.
Scarlet-

Virginian Scarlet.

Fruit middle-sized, globular, of an uniform light scarlet, slightly hairy. Seeds deeply embedded, with ridged intervals. Flesh pale scarlet, firm, and highflavoured. A very good bearer, and ripens early.

This Strawberry ripened at Twickenham, in 1727, May 10. O. S., or May 21. N. S.

57. PITMASTON BLACK SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 175.

Early Pitmaston Black. Ib.

Fruit of a moderate size, oblong, with a neck, of a dark purplish red, slightly hairy. Seeds of the same colour as the fruit on the exposed side, on the other yellow, not deeply embedded, with rather flat intervals. Flesh tinted with scarlet, having a small core, tender, sweet, mixed with a pleasant acid, and has a little of the raspberry flavour.

58. ROSEBERRY. t. 27. Vol. vi. p. 156.

Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 380.

Aberdeen.

Rose Strawberry.

Scotch Scarlet.

Aberdeen Seedling.

Prolific Pine.

Fruit large, conical and pointed, with a very short neck, dark red, hairy; the early fruits assume a cockscomb shape where the plants are luxuriant. Seeds yellow, deeply embedded, between ridged intervals. Flesh firm, pale scarlet, with a core; the flavour is not rich, it is however agreeable, and best when fully ripe. It is much admired by many, and even thought by some superior to the Old Scarlet.

59. SCONE SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 170. Fruit of a moderate size, round, without a neck, of a light shining red on the upper side, paler on the other, hairy. Seeds dark brown, deeply embedded, with round intervals. Flesh firm, pale pink; the flavour sharp, with abundance of acid.

It is a great bearer, ripening late, and contains more acid than any other known strawberry.

60. SIR JOSEPH BANKS's Scarlet. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 161.

Fruit of moderate size, oblong, with a neck, the apex blunt, of a bright scarlet. Seeds nearly prominent, with very flat intervals. Flesh bright scarlet, firm, and high-flavoured. This Strawberry is very closely allied with the Austrian Scarlet, with which it has probably sometimes been confounded, it ripens nearly at the same time, and though not so prolific, yet has a superior flavour.

61. VERNON'S SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi.

p. 174.

White's Scarlet. Ib.

Fruit middle-sized, round, dark red, rather hairy Seeds slightly embedded, with flat intervals. Flesh

K K

pale vermilion, white in the centre, solid, and wellflavoured.

A good bearer, and ripens early.

62. WILMOT'S LATE SCARLET.

Vol. iii. p. 115.

Hort. Trans.

Wilmot's Late Scarlet. Ib. Vol. vi. p. 181.

Large Scarlet.

Late Scarlet.

Late Virginian.

Wilmot's Scarlet.

Wilmot's New Scarlet.
Wilmot's Seedling.

Fruit very large, bluntly conical, irregularly shaped, of a shining light red. Seeds small, deeply embedded, with ridged intervals. Flesh white, hollow in the

centre; flavour moderate.

It is a good bearer, ripening late enough to succeed the Old Scarlet, and producing its berries in succession, so as to afford a continued supply; to be tasted in perfection, it should be eaten as soon as gathered.

Note.-In mentioning the size of fruit, it is to be understood that the comparison is only made between those belonging to each particular class, and not to those of any other.

When it is stated that the fruit of the variety under description has a core, the idea intended to be conveyed is, that the core readily separates, adhering to the calyx when the receptacle is removed.