150 THE STRAWBERRY IN NORTH AMERICA 



It is found in the Northeast as far south as southern 

 Michigan and central New York. The robust prairie 

 form of the Scarlet has been called F. ioensis and F. 

 illinoensis, but it does not differ materially from the type 

 save in size, and is now known as F. virginiana, var. 

 illinoensis. 



F. chiloensis. — This species is found on the Pacific 

 Coast of North and South America, particularly on the 

 western slope of the Rocky Mountains and the Andes. 

 It also is indigenous to sandy beaches of the Pacific Coast. 

 It is one of the few species of plants common to both North 

 and South America. The plant is large, stocky, densely 

 hairy, with large blossoms. It throws out a moderate num- 

 ber of short, stout runners mostly after the fruit has ma- 

 tured. The roots are rather thick, fleshy and usually are 

 more superficial than those of F. virginiana. When a plant 

 grows in the same place for several years the crown does 

 not divide low down, as in F. virginiana, but makes 

 several large crowns high up, all attached to the main root 

 stalk. The plant is pushed upward out of the soil and 

 new roots form above the old ones. The leaflets are 

 large, thick and coriaceous, round-toothed, smooth and 

 shining above, very silky on the under side, strongly 

 reticulate. The fruit is borne late in the season on short, 

 strong, very silky, much branched scapes and long, stiff 

 peduncles. The berry is large, globular or conic, 

 sometimes hairy, scarcely necked, dull brownish red. 

 The prominent brown seeds project slightly, or are even 

 with the surface in shallow pits. The calyx is very large. 

 The flesh is whitish, usually hollow, of sweet, but weak, 

 flavor. F. crinita and calif ornica differ but slightly from 

 this type. The true F. chiloensis is mostly a beach form, 

 with very long root stalks, often eight to ten inches long. 



