LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



1. Crimson Cone ; grown near New York about 1820 . 16 



2. C. M. Hovey, originator of the Hovey strawberry . 22 



3. The Hovey strawberry, the first variety of any fruit 



originated in North America by definite plant 

 breeding. (From Mag. Hort., 1840, p. 286) . 24 



4. Parker Earle, who developed the refrigerator car for 



strawberry transportation 60 



5. Type of punnet used for the New York City market, 



1815-1850 77 



6. The Cincinnati stand of drawers, used in the Missis- 



sippi Valley, 1850-1890. (From The Cult, and 

 Count. Gent., 1866, p. 222) 79 



7. A " male and female blossom of the Hudson," as drawn 



by Nicholas Longworth, in 1842. (From Mag. 

 Hort., 1842, p. 258) 100 



8. Nicholas Longworth, who directed attention to the 



pollination problem 107 



9. Drawing of the strawberry in Parkinson's " Para- 



disus Terrestris," published in 1629J . . .110 



10. Old Pine, or Pineapple, the progenitor of the garden 



strawberry. (From British Fruits, I, No. 47) . 116 



11. Keens' Seedling, the first improved variety; intro- 



duced in 1821. (From Trans. Royal Hort. Soc., 



V, p. 261) 124 



12. Large Early Scarlet, a form of F. virginiana and the 



dominant variety in North America, 1830-1860. 

 (From Kept. U. S. Dept. Agr., 1853) . . .127 



13. Pan-American, the first North American everbearer. 



(From L. R. Johnson, Cape Girardeau, Mo.) . 145 



14. F. virginiana. (From " Evolution of Our Native 



Fruits" by L. H. Bailey, p. 428) . . . .149 



15. F. chiloensis 151 



16. The Alpine form of F. vesca 154 



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