222 THE STRAWBERRY IN NORTH AMERICA 



9. In 1824 James Barnet, Under Gardener 

 in the garden of the Horticultural Society of London, at 

 Chiswick, grew all the varieties known at that time except 

 the French sorts. There were 226 supposed varieties, 

 but on comparing them he found but fifty-four distinct 

 sorts. If all of the 1879 North American varieties could 

 be brought together for comparison, undoubtedly many 

 synonyms would be detected, but certainly not as large a 

 proportion as Barnet found. Most varieties are so fleeting 

 that it would not be worth while to do this, even if it were 

 possible. 



Synonyms arise chiefly from the re-introduction of old 

 varieties under new names. In most cases this is the 

 result of honest error rather than of intent to defraud. It 

 is easy to mix plants in the nursery and exceedingly 

 difficult to recognize them when mixed. In 1867 

 A. F. Fuller decided, "Twembly's Union is Trollope's 

 Victoria renamed, although it was awarded a premium 

 as a new variety at a strawberry show in New York." 

 Similar conditions exist today. Undoubtedly several of 

 the New York group of varieties, which includes the 

 Morgan, Oswego, Ryckman, Hummer, New York and 

 several others, are really the same sort renamed. In 1898 

 Henry Jerolamen of Hilton, New Jersey, introduced what 

 he really supposed was a distinct novelty, but which 

 turned out to be the Marshall. There were marked 

 points of difference between the Marshall as grown by 

 the originator and the Henry as grown by Jerolamen, but 

 when both were grown side by side these differences dis- 

 appeared. This honest re-introduction of a variety, 

 arising from failure to recognize it, is quite common ; in- 

 tentional re-naming, fortunately, is rare. 



What is a distinct variety f Part of the confusion in 



