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TH E K E EN S ’ SE ED L IN G STRAWBERRY.
Keens’ Seedling. Hort. Trans, vol. v. p . 260. t. 12. Fruit
Cat. no. 64.
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Keens’ New Pin e . . .
Keens’ Black Pine o f some Collections.
Murphy’s Child
Perhaps no new fruit has enjoyed so great a
degree of celebrity, upon its first appearance, as
th a t which is now represented; and it may without
impropriety be added, th a t few have had greater
claims to reputation. The publication of a figure
in the Transactions of the Horticultural Society,
the exhibition of fruit at their meetings, and the
rapid dispersion of many thousand plants throughout
the country, either by public or private channels,
have carried the fame of Keens’ Seedling to the
remotest corners of Great Britain ; and its peculiar
excellence has enabled it to maintain the station
in public opinion which it so acquired.
Its great merits are, th a t it is very large, very
good, and very prolific. I t forces better than any
other, carries extremely well, and bears its fruit
high enough above the earth to keep it free from
the soil. No Strawberry has the same vigorous
appearance as this. Its deep green, broad leaves,
and stout flowerscapes, attest a healthiness of constitution
which is scarcely equalled by any of its