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Sorts (Following list comprises most)

The following list comprises most of the best varieties in cultivation; it is unnecessary to grow all of them, but occasionally one succeeds better than another.

Baumforth's Seedling. Fruit large, dark crimson, of excellent flavour. Considered an improved form of NORTHUMBERLAND FILLBASKET. Good. Belle de Fontenay. Fruit large, round, red. Leaves silvery underneath. An autumn-bearing variety, which ripens its fruit in October. Carter's Prolific. Fruit large, deep red; flesh firm, and of good flavour. A very free-bearing summer variety.

Fastolf. Fruit very large, globular, bright red, of good flavour. A most abundant summer bearer; one of the best and most generally useful sorts. Large-fruited Monthly. Fruit rather large, deep purplishred, of excellent flavour. A productive autumnal variety.

McLaren's Prolific. Fruit roundish, large, of a deep crimson colour, produced in summer, and again on the young shoots during autumn. Northumberland Fillbasket. Fruit large, deep red, of good flavour. The variety is a very vigorous-growing one, and an abundant summer bearer. October Red and October Yellow. Varieties with respectively red and yellow fruits, produced from September to November in fine seasons, principally from the young canes.

Prince of Wales. Fruit very large, globular, deep crimson, of excellent flavour. Summer. The canes are light-coloured, and of unusual strength, but are not produced very freely.

Red Antwerp. Fruit large, conical, dull red, of brisk flavour. A very old variety, several forms of which are in cultivation.

Yellow Antwerp. Fruit medium-sized, pale yellow, rich and sweet. An abundant bearer.