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INDEX 



Commercial culture — continued, 

 condition of, in 1854, 33. 

 extension of, 1838-1854, 27. 

 near Boston, 13. 

 near New York City, 15. 

 Competition from the South, 



52. 

 Cooper, Samuel, origin of the Pan- 

 American, 144. 

 Crate, evolution of, 81. 

 first gift. 84. 



return, introduction of, 82. 

 Crawford, Matthew, referred to, 



220. 

 Crossing, hand, 203. 

 Cultural methods, special, 1820- 



1870, 49. 

 Culture, commercial, beginning of, 

 12. 

 about 1800, 10. 

 early, in Europe, 109. 

 market garden, near Pittsburgh, 



1867, 45. 

 methods of, about 1790, 7. 

 near Cincinnati, 1865, 44. 

 of strawberries in Mexico, 140. 



Dean, Samuel, "New England 

 Farmer," quoted, 7. 



Delaware-Maryland peninsula, his- 

 tory of culture on, 63. 



Describing varieties, 175. 



Diet, value of strawberries in, 185. 



Disease resistance of varieties, 

 158. 



Downing, A. J., quoted on polli- 

 nation, 102. 



Drawers, Cincinnati stand of, 78. 



Duchesne, pollination experiments 

 of, 94. 



Dwight, Timothy, "Travels in New 

 England," quoted, 13. 



Earle, Parker, experiments with the 

 refrigerator car, 55. 

 our obligation to, 60. 

 England, early culture in, 110. 

 Etter, A. F., quoted on methods of 

 crossing, 206. 



Everbearers, early failures with, 

 142. 

 European varieties of, 141. 

 origin of, American type, 138. 

 Exhibitions, strawberry, origin of, 



43. 

 Express, fruit-growers', introduc- 

 tion of, 54. 



Fall-bearers, 147. 



Festival, strawberry, origin of, 42. 



"Fever, Strawberry," 1858-1870, 



42. 

 Flavor of berries, 172. 

 Flesh of berry, desirable character 



in, 171, 172. 

 Florida, history of culture in, 70. 

 Foliage, good characters in, 159. 

 Food value, 181. 



Forcing in hot-beds and cold- 

 frames, 49. 

 Fragaria americana, botanical de- 

 scription of, 153. 

 ananassa, origin of, 116. 

 chiloensis, as parent of the Pine, 

 117, 122. 

 botanical description of, 150. 

 commercial culture of, inFrance, 



115. 

 early importations pistillate, 96. 

 hardiness of, 135. 

 introduction into England, 115. 

 introduction into Europe, 114. 

 variation under cultivation, 136. 

 variations in, 152. 

 chinensis, as a possible parent of 



the Pine, 122. 

 elatior, botanical description of, 



154. 

 grandiflora, origin of, 116. 

 mexicana, occurrence of, in 



Mexico, 140. 

 vesca, as a possible parent of the 

 Pine, 121. 

 botanical description of , 153. 

 early culture in Europe, 113. 

 virginiana, a probable parent of 

 Downer's Prolific and 

 Charles Downing, 131. 



