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hennaphrodite, staminate, and pistillate. Varieties of the first 

 class are, like the wild plants, perfect in themselves, and bear 

 excellent crops. In the second class, the staminate or male 



Hermaphrodite. Staminate. Pistillate. 



STEAWBEBBY BLOSSOMS. 



organs are perfect, but the female or pistillate organs are more 

 or less imperfect. They bear uncertain and comparatively 

 small crops, because only a part of the blossoms develop the 

 pistils sujfliciently to swell into perfect fruit. Plants of the 

 third class bear only pistillate or female blossoms, and are by 

 themselves entirely barren ; but when grown near a proper 

 number of the staminate plants, they bear the largest crops 

 and the most perfect berries. In planting a strawberry bed, 

 therefore, it is important to know which are staminate, which 

 pistillate, and which hermaphrodite varieties, and to arrange 

 them accordingly. We shall carefuUy mark the three classes 

 in our lists of sorts. From varieties almost numberless, we 

 make the following selection : 



FIXES AXD SCARLETS. 



1. Ebvet/^s SeedUng.—Yery large and highly flavored. Succeeds everyAvhere. 

 Originated in Massachusetts. Pistillate. 



2. Large Earl}/ Scarlet. — Medium ; sprightly, sub-acid. Yery early. Pop- 

 ular in all sections of the country. Staminate. 



3. Jenmfs Seedling.— 'Large and excellent for market and preserving. 

 Staminate. 



4. Bofiion PiHe.— Eather large, and very beautiful. Early. Eequires a 

 deep, rich soil, and should be cultivated in hills or bunches. Does not succeed 

 in all localities. Pistillate. 



5. _Bm/7 's Xew Pine.— A. very excellent variety for some localities, but does 

 not withstand extremes of heat or cold. Eequires high cultivation and great 

 care, which it well repays in favorable localities. Pistillate. 



6. iMng^corWa Prolific.- Large, vigorous, and very productive; rich, acid* 

 Hermaphrodite. 



