class, except the Old P in e ; and if Keens’ Seedling
be inferior to th a t in flavour, it is much more
than equal to it in size and productiveness.
I t was raised from the seed of Keens’ Imperial,
by Mr. Michael Keens, a market gardener at
Isleworth.
The following is the account given of it in the
Horticultural Transactions: —
“ A most excellent bearer, ripening early, soon
after the Scarlets, and before any other of the Pines.
The F ruit is very large, round or ovate, some of
the largest assuming a cock’s-comb sh a p e ; when
ripe, of a very dark purplish scarlet next the sun,
the other side paler, slightly hairy. S eeds (grains)
a little embedded in the polished surface of the fruit,
which has usually a furrow at the apex. The Flesh
is firm, solid, scarlet, without any separable core,
tolerably high flavoured. The Calyx is of moderate
size, hairy, incurved. The Footstalks of
the leaves are tall, slightly hairy. The Leaflets
very large, roundish, for the most part flat, reclined,
of a very smooth, shining, dark green, with coarse
serratures, which are large and rounded. The
R unners are small, numerous, greenish yellow,
and slightly hairy. The Scapes are of moderate
length, sometimes very short, branched, with short,
weak, clustered peduncles, middle-sized, opening
early.’
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