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Strawberries. 



Red Wood. Resembles the Alpine in size, flavor, and general ap- 

 pearance, but has rounder fruit, and does not continue so long 

 through the season. 



The White Wood only differs in its light-colored fruit. 

 The Wood Strawberries are of little value. 



The Alpine and Wood Strawberries are 

 easily propagated from seed, with very 

 little or no variation. 



CLASS III. HAUTBOIS STRAWBERRIES. 



Belle Bordelaise. Medium, conical, with a 

 fine musky flavor. One of the best of the 

 Hautbois. 



Prolific. (Conical Hautbois, Musk Hautbois, 

 Double Bearing.) Large, long ovate coni- 

 cal ; light purple becoming dark purplish 

 red ; surface slightly irregular ; seeds pro- 

 jecting ; much esteemed by some for its 

 rich, fine musky flavor, and disliked by 

 others. 



Fig. 470. Prolific Hautbois. 



The CHILI and GREEN STRAWBERRIES appear to be unworthy of 

 cultivation. Of the former, Wilmofs Superb, a very showy, 

 large, roundish or cockscombed fruit, with a pale red surface, 

 and hollow insipid flesh, has excited the most attention. 



COMPARATIVE TIMES OF RIPENING. 



The following list of most of the popular strawberries exhibits at 

 a glance their comparative periods of ripening, the earliest being 

 placed at the left and the rest successively to the right. 



Large Early Scarlet. 



Jenny Lind 



Nicanor 



Wilson 



Downer's Prolific . . . 



Ida 



Green Prolific 



Chas. Downing 



Hovey's Seedling.... 



Agriculturist 



Longworth 



Seth Boyden 



Triomphe de Gand. . 



Jucunda 



Kentucky 



