1 88 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 



berries are lineal descendants of the botani- 

 cally known Fragaria ananassa and Fragaria 

 grandiflora or common old Pine class. 



The question now arises, "What is a Pine 

 strawberry?" Bailey in studies on this sub- 

 ject, in order to determine for himself, sent 

 to Oregon for wild plants of Fragaria Chilcen^ 

 sis. These were quite easily distinguished 

 from ordinary garden strawberries, owing 

 to the fact that they were short, stocky, 

 thick-leaved, hairy evergreen plants. After 

 two years of close observation he was able 

 to find a remarkable difference between a 

 pressed plant of the Oregon species and 

 plants of the same species that had been 

 under cultivation during this period. In 

 fact, the characteristics of the wild plants 

 under culture had changed so much that it 

 was quite difficult to recognize them from 

 ordinary garden sorts. This change was 

 brought about undoubtedly by the variation 

 induced through the changed environment 

 of the plant. It is a well-known fact that 

 such is the case in other plants. If artificial 

 selection is then given, plants may be changed 

 to a still greater degree. 



De Candolle, Seringe, and others about 



