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CLASS I. ALPINE AND WOOD STRAWBERRIES. 



The Alpine and Wood strawberries agree in their gen- 

 eral habits and character. The fruit, however, differs. The 

 Alpines have conical fruit, and are fruitful in autumn. The 

 Wood strawberries are more globose ; they only produce 

 fruit in summer. Barnet. See Vol. vi. of Hort. Trans. 



1. RED ALPINE, (Fraisier des Alps,} with runners. 

 The fruit is small and conical, ripening in summer and 



autumn. 



2. RED BUSH ALPINE. 



Possesses similar qualities to the White Bush Alpine, but 

 differs in color. 



3. WHITE ALPINE, (Fraisier des Alps a Fruit Blanc,) 



with runners. 



The fruit is small and conical, ripening successively in 

 summer and autumn. 



4. WHITE BUSH ALPINE. 



This has the same qualities, but is thought to be more 

 productive, as it does not exhaust itself by runners. 



5. *RED WOOD. Fraisier Commun. 



An old variety, extensively cultivated near Boston for the 

 markets. It ripens in summer. The fruit is scarlet and 

 round, and highly esteemed near Boston as one of the 

 most sure, and productive, and profitable, of all strawber- 

 ries. Of this variety there are no males. 



6. WHITE WOOD. Fraisier Commun a Fruit Blanc. 

 This variety ripens in summer ; the fruit is white and 



round ; an old, good-flavored variety, much cultivated and 

 esteemed near Boston. 



CLASS II. BLACK STRAWBERRIES. 



The fruit of this class is middle-sized, conical, with a 

 neck, of a very dark color at maturity ; the seeds slightly 

 imbedded ; the flavor very rich and highly-perfumed ; the 

 leaves of this class are small, rugose, pale green. Barnet. 

 See Vol. vi. of Hort. Trans. 



7. DOWNTON. Knight's Seedling. Pom. Mag. Lind. 

 Barnet. 



The fruit is large, ovate, with a neck ; the early fruit is 



