THE STRAWBERRY 281 



When John Burroughs visited my farms, for 

 example, he unhesitatingly pronounced this 

 strawberry the finest in the world. So great 

 was his enthusiasm that he wrote to eastern 

 seedsmen, advising them to secure this straw- 

 berry, as everyone would soon be wanting it. 



The fruit of this hybrid is not extraordinarily 

 large, but it is firm in texture, of a fine crimson, 

 and unlike most other strawberries it has a 

 yellow flesh. Its lusciousness and deliciousness 

 of flavor will give it a place apart even among 

 the most select varieties of the fruit. 



But quality of the fruit is not the only merit 

 of the new hybrid. The plant has also, as just 

 intimated, the singular and important quality 

 of bearing fruit throughout the whole summer. 



The main crop comes at the usual time for 

 strawberry ripening, but berries continue to 

 ripen, even if less profusely, month after month, 

 until the frosts of winter arrive. 



Doubtless this habit of perpetual bearing is a 

 trait brought out by the mingling of so many 

 racial strains ; in particular by the union of races 

 from the two hemispheres. The summer of Chile 

 is of course our winter. I have several times 

 adverted to the confusion that seems to overtake 

 many plants when brought to our northern lati- 

 tudes from the Southern Hemisphere. 



