Fruit scarlet, conical; bearing strong through the summer and autumn.

2. WHITE ALPINE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 90. Fraisier des Alpes à fruit blanc. Of the French. Fruit white, conical; bearing through the summer and autumn.

3. RED WOOD. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 92. Fraisier Commun. Duhamel, No. 1. t. 1. Fruit scarlet, round; bearing in the summer only. 4. WHITE WOOD. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 93. Fraisier Commun à fruit blanc. Of the French. Fruit white, round; bearing in the summer only.

CLASS II.- Black Strawberries.

This is not a numerous class, the Old Black Strawberry being the type, and the remainder derived from its seeds, either impregnated by itself or by others. Their character is to have the leaves rugose, pale green, and small; the fruit middle-sized, conical, with a neck, very dark-coloured when ripe; the seeds slightly embedded; the flavour very rich, and highly perfumed. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 148.

5. DOWNTON. Pom. Mag. No. 52.

Knight's Seedling. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 185. Knight's Strawberry. Ib.

Fruit large, ovate, having a neck; some of the early berries are cockscomb-shaped, dark purplish scarlet. Grains but little embedded. Flesh scarlet, firm.

6. GIBBS'S SEEDLING BLACK. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 184.

red.

Fruit conical, small, hairy, with a neck, dark purplish Seeds slightly embedded in the skin. Flesh scarlet, firm, very high-flavoured.

7. OLD BLACK. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 182. Black.

Black Beacon.

Black Canterbury.

Black Pine.

Mulberry.
Turkey Pine.

Fruit middle-sized, conical, elongated and pointed, with a neck, hairy, very dark purplish red. Flesh scarlet, firm, with a buttery core, very rich and high-flavoured. 8. PITMASTON BLACK. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 183. Late Pitmaston Black.

Ib.

Fruit middle-sized, ovate, with a neck, slightly hairy, very dark purplish red. Seeds slightly embedded. Flesh solid, scarlet, very firm, buttery, and richly flavoured.

9. SWEET CONE. Hort. Trans. vol. vi. p. 186. Pom. Mag. No. 4.

Fruit small, cone-shaped, with a neck hairy, bright shining scarlet. Seeds prominent. Flesh firm, of a brighter colour than the skin, hollow, very high-flavoured. Plant tender.

CLASS III. Carolina or Pine Strawberries.

The general character of this class is to have the leaves almost smooth, dark green, of firm texture, and with obtuse serratures; the fruit large, varying from nearly white to almost purple; the seeds prominent, on a smooth surface; the flavour sweet, and often perfumed. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi.

10. BATH SCARLET.

Bath Strawberry.

Devonshire.

p. 148.

Hort. Trans. Vol. 6. P. 200.
Milne's Seedling.

New Bath Scarlet.

Golden Drop.

North's Seedling.

Liverpool.

Fruit roundish or ovate, with a short neck, small for the class, scarlet. Seeds very prominent, of a dark varnished red. Flesh soft, with a large core, pale scarlet, and very coarse, without any particular flavour.

11. BLACK PRINCE. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 203. Wilmot's Black Imperial. Ib. Vol. v. p. 398. Fruit middle-sized, depressed, spherical, with a furrow at the apex, hairy, of a very dark violet colour. Seeds slightly embedded. Skin highly polished. Flesh

solid, firm, of a rich dull scarlet, with a small core. Juice dark, high-flavoured.

12. BLOOD PINE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 61.

This is a subvariety of the Old Pine, or Carolina. The scapes are considerably stronger; and is distinguishable by its leaves being of a darker colour and thicker texture, with stronger footstalks.

13. BOSTOCK. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 187.

Fruit very large, slightly hairy, nearly round, with a small neck; the largest fruit irregularly swelled towards the base, terminating in an obtuse point, of a dark shining red next the sun, light scarlet on the other side. Seeds prominent, brown on one side of the fruit, yellow on the other. Flesh pale scarlet, firm, coarse, with a small hollow arid core, without any particular flavour.

14. BULLOCK'S BLOOD. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 199. Fruit large, ovate, of a light shining red. Seeds dark red on the sunny side, yellow on the other, projecting from a polished surface. Flesh pale red, firm, juicy, with but indifferent flavour.

15. CHINESE. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 191. North's large Scarlet. Red Chili.

North's Seedling.

Fruit apparently compressed,

sized, of a pale varnished red.

nearly round, middle

Seeds brown and pro

minent. Flesh soft, light pink, with a large core, woolly; flavour indifferent.

16. DUTCH. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 195.

Fruit large, round, of a bright shining red. Seeds projected from a polished smooth surface. Flesh pale red, woolly, hollow in the centre, with a core; flavour indifferent.

17. DWARF WHITE CAROLINA.

Hort. Trans.

Fruit large, irregularly ovate, brownish next the sun, white on the other side, hairy. Seeds scarcely embedded, prominent, darker than the fruit. Flesh white, soft, woolly, with a large core; flavour indifferent.

18. ELTON SEEDLING. Pom. Mag. 135.

Fruit large, ovate, often compressed, or cockscombshaped, of a rich, shining, dark red. Seeds yellow, regularly embedded between ridged intervals. Flesh firm, with a small core, deep red, juicy, and having a sharp rich flavour.

19. GLAZED PINE. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 198. Knott's Pine. Scarlet Pine Apple. Fruit variable in shape; the largest frequently appear as if compressed, but they are generally conical, with a neck, large, hairy, of a darkish shining scarlet. Seeds prominent. Flesh pale scarlet, firm, with a large core; flavour good, but inferior to that of the Old Pine. 20. KEEN'S IMPERIAL. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii.

t. 7.

Black Imperial.
Black Isleworth.

Imperial.

Imperial Pine.

Isleworth Pine.

Keen's Black.

Keen's Black Pine.
Keen's Large-fruited.
Large Black.

Large Black Imperial.

p. 101.

Fruit very large, roundish, somewhat bluntly pointed,

of a very deep purplish red.

surface, which is shining.

Seeds projecting from the

Flesh not juicy, but very

firm, coarse, hollow in the centre, with a core; the flavour tolerable, not high-flavoured.

21. KEEN'S SEEDLING. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 261.

t. 12. Pom. Mag. 91.

Keen's Black Pine.

Keen's New Pine.

Keen's New Seedling.

Murphy's Child.

Fruit very large, round, or ovate, some of the largest assuming a cockscomb shape, of a dark purplish scarlet, slightly hairy. Seeds a little embedded in a polished surface, which has usually a furrow at the apex. Flesh firm, solid, scarlet, without any separable core. Juice high flavoured.

22. MULBERRY. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 203.
Cherokee.
Mahone.
King.

Fruit middle-sized, ovate, with a short neck, of a dark purplish red. Seeds embedded slightly in the skin. Flesh soft, coarse, red, with a long core; the flavour but moderate.

23. OLD PINE, or CAROLINA. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 195.

Old Pine. Pom. Mag. 47.

Barham Down.

Black Carolina.

North's Seedling.

Old Carolina.

Fruit large, slightly hairy, with a neck of an uniform bright scarlet, ovate-conical, occasionally compressed, and when luxuriant the early fruits are cockscombshaped. Seeds slightly embedded. Flesh pale scarlet, rich, and juicy, with a very grateful flavour.

24. ROUND WHITE CAROLINA. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 205.