THE 

 STRAWBERRY IN NORTH AMERICA 



CHAPTER I 



EARLY HISTORY 



From the settlement at Jamestown to the introduction of the 



Wilson 



The strawberry is distinctly Pan-American. Both of 

 the species from which most of the garden varieties of 

 today have descended — Fragaria virginiana and F. 

 chiloensis — were secured by the Old World from the 

 New. The largest acreage of cultivated strawberries is 

 on this continent. The value of all the strawberries 

 produced and marketed in North America each year, 

 exclusive of the large quantity grown for home use, ex- 

 ceeds $20,000,000 ; this represents more than half of the 

 commercial strawberry production of the world. The 

 rise of commercial strawberry culture in the United States 

 and Canada, which has taken place within the memory 

 of men now living, is one of the most interesting chapters 

 in North American horticulture. 



Stkawberries in Colonial Days 



From the beginning of its Caucasian history, and 

 probably for centuries previous, North America has 



