. American horticultural manual .. . s. Flowersperfect. Pearl.—^ledium, oblate conical; color daik red or scarlet; qualitygood. Perfect. Grown in the Soiith mainly. Pet.—Medium to large, roundish conical: color crimson and red;fruit stems short and drooping. Flesh not very firm; quality verygood. A favorite home and near-nuuket variety. Flowers |)erfect. Phillips {Phillips, SniUnifi).—Large, irregulai in form; color dec])crimson. Flesh red, firm, subacid, good. Of Sharpless tyjie, Initis firmer in flesh. Pistillate. President.—Large, roimdish, often conical; color bright red andcrimson. Flesh
. American horticultural manual .. . s. Flowersperfect. Pearl.—^ledium, oblate conical; color daik red or scarlet; qualitygood. Perfect. Grown in the Soiith mainly. Pet.—Medium to large, roundish conical: color crimson and red;fruit stems short and drooping. Flesh not very firm; quality verygood. A favorite home and near-nuuket variety. Flowers |)erfect. Phillips {Phillips, SniUnifi).—Large, irregulai in form; color dec])crimson. Flesh red, firm, subacid, good. Of Sharpless tyjie, Initis firmer in flesh. Pistillate. President.—Large, roimdish, often conical; color bright red andcrimson. Flesh firm; seeds widely separated and not very prominent. 424 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY Season of Gandy. A new variety, originated in Kew Jersey, thatseems to 1)C taking tlie lead as a late variety. New Jersey. Princess.—\ery large, roundish; color light crimson. On richsoils in Iowa and Xew York it produces very large crops, but thel>erry is rather soft for market. For home use and near market veryvaluable. Pistillate. Parker Earle. Princeton Chief.—^Medium to large, conical; colorbright scarlet; quality good. Pistillate. An Illinois variety, notedfor good foliage and licavy crojis. Regina.—Medium to largo, even-sized. Flesli firm; quality in New Jersey mainly on account of its late season ofri|)cning and its extreme productiveness. Pistillate. Ridgeway.—^tedium to large, roundish conic; color rich red, solid, rich flavored; seeds briglit yellow, (irown in Canadaand in several States, as yet in a small way, Ijut it is favoralily jierfect. Indiana. Robinson.—Large, liright red. Flcsli firm; quality good. Aseedling of Crescent, with larger fruit and ripens later. Plant asvigorous as its iwirent. Perfect. Kansas. Rougfi Rider.—Large t(i very large, roundisli, slightly elongated,but often flattened and jiointed; color ilark red. Flesh very firm- THE AM ERIC AX STRAWBERRIES. 425 quality Rood. Perfect.
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