HYBRID STRAWBERRIES 



695 



Souvenir de Bossuet Strawberry. A low, almost dwarf plant, 

 with dense foliage ; leaf-stalks short, green, hairy ; leaflets broad, 

 rounded, veined, and slightly toothed ; flower-stems short, flowers 

 fairly large. Fruit abundant, large, heart-shaped, a beautiful 

 bright red, turning to very dark red at complete maturity ; seeds 

 brown, half-sunken ; flesh pale red, very juicy, sugary, agreeably 



Souvenir de Bossuet Strawberry 



Vicomtesse Hericart de 

 Thury Strawberry. 



acidulated, A very productive variety, its abundant foliage 

 effectively protecting the fruit against the midday sun, but soon 

 exhausted and producing in the end only small fruit. 



Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury Strawberry. Plant vigorous, 

 not very tall, but leafy, erect, and dark green, indicating a robust 

 constitution ; leaflets oval, often narrow at the base, which is with- 

 out teeth, the rest of the margin bearing rather deep, large, and 

 usually rounded teeth; flowers medium-sized or small; flower-stems 



