CONTENTS 



IX 



CHAPTER III 



HISTORY OF STRAWBERRY PACKAGES, METHODS OP 



TRAINING, AND POLLINATION . 

 Early packages ....... 



Pottle 



Punnet ........ 



Tubs 



Cincinnati stand of drawers .... 

 Evolution of the box and crate package 



Early types of boxes and crates 



Introduction of the return crate and box 



Origin of the "Hallock" .... 



The first gift packages 



Slow adoption of gift packages in the East 

 History of methods of training .... 



Hill training before the Wilson 



The era of broadcast training .... 



Evolution of the matted row .... 



Early methods of renewing the bed . 

 History of the pollination discussion 



Experiments of Duchesne and Keens 



Early pollination troubles in North America . 



The secret of Abergust ..... 



The "Strawberry War" 



Influence of culture on sex .... 



Report of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society 



Final vindication of "Longworth's Theory" . 



76-108 



76-81 



76 



77-78 

 78 



78-81 



81-86 



81-82 



82-83 



83 



84 



84-86 



87-94 



87 



88-89 



90-92 



92-94 



94-109 



94-96 



96-98 



98-99 



99-102 



102-104 



105-107 



107-109 



CHAPTER IV 



ORIGIN AND BOTANY 109-156 



Early history in Europe 109-113 



References in early writings .... 109-111 



Origin of the English name .... 111-113 



Origin of the garden strawberry of Europe . . 113-125 



Experience with the Wood and Hautbois . . 113 



Introduction of the Scarlet .... 113-114 



Introduction of the Chilean , 114-116 



