TOMATO, STRAWBERRY 



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Ground Cherry, are all species of Phi/salis, grown in 

 much the same manner, for their fruits, used for eating 

 raw, cooking and preserving. The fruits can be dried 

 in their husks and will keep for some months. Accord- 

 ing to the Cyclopedia of American Agriculture, they 

 classify best as follows. Most important is P. pubescens 

 (Strawberry or Husk Tomato, Ground Cherry, Dwarf 

 Cape Gooseberry), the one most grown, as being early 

 and free -fruiting. 

 It is a sprawling 

 plant. The Cape 

 Gooseberry is P. 

 Peruviana^ of too 

 slow development 

 for general use in 

 the North, and 

 little offered by 

 seedsmen. P. ixo- 

 carpa is also not 

 satisfactory for 

 garden use, although showy. Chinese Lantern Plant 

 is P. Francheti, a very handsome, upright-growing 

 plant. These plants are all annuals. The Winter or 

 Bladder Cherry, or true Strawberry Tomato, is P. 

 Alkdkengi, a perennial, of low growth and handsome 

 fruitage, but not truly hardy except in favorable 

 situations, and well protected. It is usually treated as 

 an annual. 



Fig. 136. Strawberry or Husk Tomatoes. 

 Natural size. 



