THE AMERICAN STRAWBERRY I«I 



taken by this strawberry during the following 

 one hundred years. From the description, 

 that it bore small, bright scarlet berries, 

 with a distinct neck or constricted area near 

 the stem and more or less slightly acid flesh, 

 it is probable that it was not very different 

 from the common wild strawberries which 

 are found in the fields of the Northeastern 

 States. This berry met with great favour 

 in England, but on the continent it was not 

 considered of any value. 



About 1712 a second species of strawberry 

 reached Europe. Captain Frezier brought 

 from Chile to Marseilles a strawberry that 

 is named botanically Fragaria Chilcensis. 

 It was not until 1724 that this fruit reached 

 England. This plant, which is a shaggy, 

 thick-leaved, stout individual, bearing large, 

 dark-coloured, somewhat pointed, globular 

 fruit late in the season, did not meet 

 with great favour, particularly so as the 

 flowers were often imperfect, thereby lacking 

 the self-pollinating benefits. However, in 

 a few places, especially at Brest in France, 

 it was after a time grown and cultivated 

 for its fruit. 



Barnet in writing about this berry a hun- 



