CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAOES 



EARLY HISTORY 1-34 



Strawberries in colonial days ..... 1-6 



Wild strawberries of Virginia .... 12 



Wild strawberries of New England . . . 2-3 



Wild strawberries of the West .... 3-4 

 First steps in the domestication of the wild 



strawberry ...... 4-6 



The beginning of garden culture .... 6-12 



Varieties listed in early trade catalogs . . 6-7 



Cultural directions in early books . . . 7-12 



"New England Farmer" .... 7-9 



"American Gardener" .... 10-11 



"American Gardeners' Calendar" . . 11-12 



The beginning of commercial culture . . . 12-21 



Near Boston 13-14 



Near New York 14-17 



Yields and prices 17-18 



The mystery of strawberry-growing . . . 18-19 



Varieties increase 19-21 



Introduction of the Hovey 21-27 



Origin of the Hovey ..... 22-23 



The first novelty 23-25 



Unsatisfactory results with the Hovey . . 25 



A new interest in plant breeding . . . 26-27 



Extension of commercial culture, 1838-1854 . . 27-30 



Near Cincinnati 27-28 



Near New York 28-29 



In the South 29-30 



Condition of strawberry culture before the introduc- 

 tion of the Wilson . . . ... 30-34 



Yields and prices 30-31 



