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INDEX 



Meehan, Thomas, quoted on polli- 

 nation, 103. 



Mexico, culture in, 140. 



Michigan, history of culture in, 64. 



Mississippi, history of culture in, 

 73. 



Missouri, history of culture in, 

 74. 



Morphology of the strawberry, 

 196. 



Naming varieties, 220. 



Neck, long, as evidence of botanical 



origin, 134. 

 New England, wild strawberries of, 



2. 

 New Jersey, culture in, about 1820, 



15. 



history of culture in, 62. 

 yields and prices in, 1865-1870, 



49. 

 New York City, culture near, about 



1820, 15. 

 strawberries marketed in, 1847, 



28. 



strawberry market, 1861, 61. 

 New, York, Oswego County, his- 

 tory of culture in, 63. 

 Norfolk, first berries shipped from, 



52. 

 North Carolina, history of culture 



in, 72. 

 Novelty, the first, 23. 



Ohio Pomological Society, Report 



of, 1865, 44. 



Oregon, history of culture in, 75. 

 Origin of everbearers, 138. 

 the four-stem varieties, 128. 

 the garden strawberry, botanical 



evidence, 132. 

 the garden strawberry, historical 



evidence, 128. 

 the garden strawberry of Europe, 



113. 

 the garden strawberry of North 



America, 125. 

 the English name, 111. 

 the Pine, 116. 



Packages, early, 76. 



evolution of box and crate, 81. 

 gift, slow adoption in East, 84. 

 return, disadvantages of, 85. 

 the first gift, 84. 

 "Paradisus Terrestris," quoted, 



111, 114. 



Parker Earle, quoted, on refrigera- 

 tor cars, 33. 



Parkinson, John, quoted on medi- 

 cinal value, 184. 

 "Pedigree" plants, origin of, 212. 



experiments with, 213. 

 Pennsylvania, wild strawberries of, 



4. 

 Pine, first record of culture in 



North America, 10. 

 origin of, 116. 



Pistillate variety, definition of, 104. 

 Plant breeding, stimulated by in- 

 troduction of the Hovey, 26. 

 Plant, desirable characters in the, 



157. 

 Plant-making habits of varieties, 



160. 

 Pollen, collecting for crossing, 204. 



vitality of, 204. 

 Pollination discussion, 100. 



early troubles with, in America, 



96. 



in crossing, 205. 

 of the Chili, 96. 

 of the Hautbois, 95. 

 question, early history of, 94. 

 secret of Abergust, 99. 

 stimulating effect of, 32. 

 troubles, 1823, 19. 

 Pottle, use near Boston, 1820, 76. 

 Prices, about 1835, 18. 

 about 1840, 30. 

 at Cincinnati, 1847, 28. 

 at Norfolk, 1871, 68. 

 high, 1858-1870, 42, 48. 

 in New Jersey, 1865-1870, 49. 

 of John Knox, Pittsburgh, 1860, 



47. 



Prince, William, nursery of, 6. 

 Productiveness, standards of, 158. 

 Profits, large, in Florida, 1886, 71. 



