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Catalogue of Fruits Cultivated in the Garden of the Horticultural Society of London at Chiswick
Catalogue of Fruits Cultivated in the Garden of the Horticultural Society of London at Chiswick Author:Royal horticultural society General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1826 Original Publisher: Nicol Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select fr... more »om more than a million books for free. Excerpt: BERBERIS. BERBERRY. VINETIER. EPINE VINETTE. The bunches of fruit of the Common Berberry are well known as affording an excellent sweetmeat when preserved in sugar. The qualities of the different varieties here enumerated are probably of equal merit in point of flavour, but the fruit is materially different in appearance. The sweet sort is a native of Austria; and the Society having lately received it through the liberality of Mr. Booth, Nurseryman of Hamburgh, it may be expected to prove an important addition to our list of hardy Dessert Fruits. The berries of Berberis Canadensis are spherical. Berberis Vulgaris. Common Berberry. 1. Common Red-fruited Berberry. B. vulgaris rubra. Vrnetier. Epine-vinette commune. 2. Large Red-fruited Berberry. B. vulgaris maxima. V. a gros fruit rouge. 3. Stoneless Berberry. B. vulgaris abortiva. B. vulgaris asperma, Willd. Maiden Berberry. V. sans nayeau. 4. Pale-fruited Berberry. /(. vulgaris pnllida. 5. White-fruited Berberry. B. vulgaris alba. V. a fruit blanc. 6. Yellow-fruited Berberry. It. vulgaris lutea. 1. Purple-fruited Berberry. /'. vulgaris violacea. P. à fruit violet. 8. Sweet-fruited Berberry. //. vulgaris dulcis. Berberis Canadensis. 9. Canadian Berberry. Berberis Sibirica. 10. Siberian Berberry. BROMELIA. PINE APPLE. ANANAS. With the exception of the few sorts described in Speechly's Treatise on the Pine Apple, which must be considered a work of authority, and of a few Nurserymen's Catalogues, there are no printed lists of the varieties of that fruit. The necessary consequence is a great ...« less