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But more recently, as the strawberry strains 

 became blended, varieties have been produced 

 which not only excel in quality but also have 

 the highly desirable characteristic of persistent 

 bearing. 



The new strawberry has been developed 

 through hybridizing stock that had among its 

 ancestors such well known varieties as Long- 

 worth's Prolific, Brandywine, Monarch, and the 

 Arizona Everbearing, and one or two varieties 

 from Texas. 



The later hybridizations, through which the 

 perfected strawberries were finally secured, have 

 involved crossing the Chilean strawberry with 

 the small wild white strawberry from Virginia 

 and with the wild Pacific Coast strawberries. 



From these two lines of hybrids I have ob- 

 tained the only seedlings that have been thought 

 worthy of introduction. 



The paragon of these is a plant of vigorous 

 growth which makes just the right number of 

 runners, and which has a healthy, thick, dark 

 green foliage. The fruit is borne in clusters 

 well up from the ground, and is delicious in 

 quality, I confidently believe, beyond any straw- 

 berry before known. 



This has been the universal verdict of those 

 who have tasted the fruit of this complex hybrid 



