The Strawberry in North America 



BY S. W. FLETCHER 



This work is not only a practical guide to strawberry 

 growing but also a sketch of the evolution of the straw- 

 berry in North America, from the wilding of Colonial 

 days to its present position as the most cosmopolitan of 

 American fruits, second only to the apple in commercial 

 importance. The volume includes chapters on the 

 early history of the strawberry in the Old World and 

 the New, the botany and origin of the cultivated straw- 

 berry, the rise of the strawberry culture and the differ- 

 ent ways in which it is practiced in different parts of 

 the country, with something of an attempt to elucidate 

 the principles that underlie these practices. 



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