INDEX 



233 



Punnet, use near New York City, 



1815-1850, 77. 

 Purdy, A. M., quoted, 79. 



Quality in berries, 173. 

 shipping, 171. 



Railroads, extension of, after 1854, 



51. 



Refrigerator cars, early experi- 

 ments with, 55. 

 successful results with, 59. 

 Renewing the bed, early methods 



of, 92. 

 Return packages, disadvantages of, 



85. 



introduction, 82. 

 Reversion of seedlings to primitive 



types, 123. 

 Richardson, C.W., quoted on origin 



of the Pine, 121. 

 Rockhill, Harlow, originator of 



everbearing varieties, 146. 

 Runners, abundance of, as evidence 



of botanical origin, 134. 

 number desirable in a variety, 



160. 



Scarlet, introduction into Europe, 



113. 



Score card for varieties, 178. 

 Season of ripening, 162. 

 Seed, sowing, 207. 

 Seedlings, fruiting the, 208. 



reversion to primitive types, 123. 

 Seeds, as affecting value of berry, 

 171. 



position of, as evidence of bo- 

 tanical origin, 134. 

 Sex in the strawberry, 96. 



influence of culture on, 102. 



naming varieties to indicate, 221. 

 Shape of berries, desirable, 167. 

 Shipping quality, 171. 

 Size of berries, abnormal, 164. 



about 1833, 18. 



most desirable, 163. 

 Slaymaker, A. W., quoted, 55, 

 62. 



Smith, B. F., quoted, 65. 

 Solms-Laubach, Count of, quoted, 



on the origin of the Pine, 122. 

 South Carolina, history of culture 



in, 69. 

 South, increasing competition from, 



after 1860, 52. 

 Staminate variety, definition of, 



104. 



Stand of drawers, 78. 

 "Strawberry King," 27, 30. 

 Strawberry mound, in 1859, 50. 

 Strawberry, origin of the name, 111. 

 "Strawberry War," 99. 

 Sturtevant, E. Lewis, quoted, on 



origin of the garden form, 



133. 

 Synonyms, origin of, 222. 



Taylor, W. A., quoted, on refrigera- 

 tor cars, 58. 



Tennessee, history of culture in, 74. 



Thivolet, Abbe, originator of ever- 

 bearers, 141. 



Thomas, F. A., development of re- 

 frigerator car system, 58. 



Thorburn, Grant, "Gentleman's 

 and Gardener's Kalender," 

 quoted, 12. 



Training, broadcast, era of, 88. 

 early methods of, 87. 

 evolution of hedge-row, 91. 

 of matted row, 90. 



Transportation, by boat, Norfolk 



to New York, 1850, 67. 

 facilities, improvement in, after 

 1854, 50. 



Tubs, used for marketing straw- 

 berries, 78. 



Varieties, Bidwell, origin of, 132. 

 Charles Downing, 40. 

 descendants of, 132. 

 origin of, 131. 



Crescent, competitor of the Wil- 

 son, 40. 



descendants of , 131, 191. 

 origin of, 131. 

 pollination of, 96. 



