INDEX 



Abergust, the secret of, 98. 

 Abnormal structural forms, 200. 

 Acreage, about 1854, 33. 



large individual, at Norfolk, 1871, 



69. 



Alabama, history of culture in, 73. 

 Alpine, culture as an everbearer, 



138. 



botany of, 153. 

 American Pomological Society, code 



of nomenclature of, 220. 

 Analyses of berries, 182. 



Bailey, L. H., quoted on variety 



tests, 224. 

 Barnet, James, on the pollination 



of the Chili, 96. 

 "Barren" plants, 19, 98. 

 Beecher, Henry Ward, quoted on 



the Wilson, 39. 



Beginning of garden culture, 6. 

 Berries, character of flesh, 171. 



desirable color, 169. 



desirable shape of, 167. 



desirable type of calyx, 158. 



flavor of, 172. 



food value of, 181. 



"Mammoth," 18, 164. 



medicinal value of, 184. 



quality in, 173. 



Blossom, desirable type of, 161. 

 Boom days, 1858-1870, 42. 

 Boston, culture near, 1812, 13. 



prejudiced against the Wilson, 38. 



"wonderful yield" near, 1869, 48. 

 Botanical relationships of the straw- 

 berry, 196. 

 Botany of the strawberry, 147. 



Box, evolution of, 81. 



first gift, 84. 



return, introduction of, 82. 

 Breeders, list of, 215. 

 Breeding, 188. 



changing ideals in, 192. 



for a specific purpose, 192. 



for one thing at a time, 193. 



methods, early, 201. 



rewards of, 218. 



species and varieties used in, 195. 

 Broadcast training, era of, 88. 

 Bud variation, occurrence of, 210. 



reported instances of, 211. 

 Bunyard, E. A., quoted, on origin 



of the Pine, 122. 



Burbank, Luther, strawberry-rasp- 

 berry hybrid, 195. 



California, history of culture in, 74. 

 Calyx, desirable type of, 168. 

 Canada, history of culture in, 75. 

 Chili strawberry, commercial cul- 

 ture in U.S. about 1771, 6. 

 culture of, in France, 115. 

 introduction into Europe, 114. 

 Cincinnati, culture near, about 1845, 



27. 



culture near, 1855, 31. 

 field culture near, 1865, 44. 

 Horticultural Society, Report of, 



on pollination, 104. 

 stand of drawers, 78. 

 Cist, Charles, quoted, 27. 

 Color of berries, describing, 170. 



desirable, 169. 



Commercial culture, beginning of, 

 near Baltimore, 17. 



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