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CLASS I. ALPINE AND WOOD STRAWBERRIES. 



The Alpine and Wood strawberries agree in their gen- 

 eral habits and character. The fruit, however, differs. The 

 Alpines have conical fruit, and are fruitful in autumn. The 

 Wood strawberries are more globose ; they only produce 

 fruit in summer. Barnet. See Vol. vi. of Hort. Trans. 



1. RED ALPINE, (Fraisier des Alps,) with runners. 

 The fruit is small and conical, ripening in summer and 



autumn. 



2. WHITE ALPINE, (Fraisier des Alps a Fruit Blanc,) 



with runners. 



The fruit is small and conical, ripening successively in 

 summer and autumn. 



5. *RED WOOD. Fraisier Oommun. 



An old variety, extensively cultivated near Boston for tne 

 markets. It ripens in summer. The fruit is scarlet and 

 round, and highly esteemed near Boston as one of the 

 most sure, and productive, and profitable, of all strawber- 

 ries. Of this variety there are no males. 



6. WHITE WOOD. Fraisier Commun a Fruit Blanc. 

 This variety ripens in summer ; the fruit is white and 



round ; an old, good-flavored variety, much cultivated and 

 esteemed near Boston. Its productiveness equals the red. 



CLASS II. BLACK STRAWBERRIES. 



The fruit of this class is middle-sized, conical, with a 

 neck, of a very dark color at maturity ; the seeds slightly 

 imbedded ; the flavor very rich and highly perfumed ; the 

 leaves of this class are small, rugose, pale green. Barnet. 

 See Vol. vi. of Hort. Trans. 



7. DOWNTON. Knight's Seedling. Pom. Mag. Lind. 

 Barnet. 



The fruit is large, ovate, with a neck ; the early fruit is 

 sometimes of a cockscomb shape ; of a dark purple scarlet; 

 the flesh is scarlet, firm, of an aromatic flavor. Originated 

 by Mr. Knight. 



