41 6 Strawberries. 



requires that their season of flowering should be nearly at the same 

 time. Hence early and late flowering sorts will not succeed well 

 together. 



VARIETIES. 



ARRANGEMENT. 



CLASS I. SCARLET AND PINE STRAWBERRIES. 



(Scarlet strawberries have small flowers ; leaves rather long, thin, and light green, sharply 

 serrate ; fruit bright color, acid or sub-acid, seed deeply sunk. (Fragaria virginiana.) 

 Pine strawberries are characterized by rather large flowers, leaves broad, dark green, 

 sometimes obtuse ; fruit large, not acid, rather smooth, seeds little sunk. (Fragaria 

 grandiflora.) These two sorts have been much hydridized and crossed, until it is now 

 difficult to assign many varieties to either separately.) 



Settion I. Flowers staminate. 

 Settion II. Flowers pistillate. 



CLASS II. ALPINE AND WOOD STRAWBERRIES. 



(Flowers rather small, perfect ; leaves small, thin, light green ; fruit small, sweet, parting 

 freely from the calyx. Fragaria vesca.) 



CLASS III. HAUTBOIS STRAWBERRIES. 



(Leaves large, pale green, on tall stalks; fruit-stalk tall and ere<5l; fruit dull purplish. 

 Fragaria elatior.) 



CLASS IV. CHILI STRAWBERRIES. 



(Leaves very hairy, thick, obtusely serrate ; fruit very large, pale, insipid. Tender. Fr- 



garia chilensis.) 



CLASS V. GREEN STRAWBERRIES. 



(Leaves light green, plaited ; flesh solid. Of little value.) 



CLASS I. SCARLET AND PINE STRAWBERRIES. 

 Seftion /. Flowers staminate. 



Agriculturist. Very large, nearly conical, sometimes cockscombed, 

 somewhat necked ; deep scarlet ; flesh firm, of a pleasant, moderate- 

 ly good flavor. A strong grower. N. J. Fails in many localities. 



Albion White. Large, round, white; slight orange to the sun, 



