184 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 



Candolle, and Guy, that it is an absolute 

 modification of the Chilean strawberry. 

 The other was brought forth by Decaisne, 

 and quite readily accepted by others, that 

 some, at least, of the varieties of this straw- 

 berry are the offspring or variations of the 

 large, robust native form of the species 

 Fragaria Firgi7iiana, var. Illincensis, our wild 

 strawberry. 



We must, however, determine from what 

 progenitor type our cultivated strawberries 

 have sprung. In 1824, according to the 

 writings of Barnet, he divides all cultivated 

 strawberries into seven classes. The first (i) 

 of these is the Scarlet or Virginian strawberry 

 with twenty-six varieties; the second (2) is 

 Duchesne's Fragaria tincta or black straw- 

 berry, with five varieties; third (3), the Pines 

 orPineapple strawberry, with fifteen varieties; 

 fourth (4), the True Chile strawberry, with 

 three varieties. The remaining three classes 

 comprise the small European varieties. These 

 latter will not be considered, as they are 

 outside of the question. It is possible to 

 class the Blacks and Pines as one, owing 

 to their being so much alike. This last 

 class, although the youngest, had already 



