486 THE FRUIT GARDEN. [Sept. 



Un'utna, or Carolina strawberry, with many others arising from 

 these, differing principally in the colour of their fruit. 



The first, or scarlet strawberry, has dark green leaves and of a 

 more even surface than the others; the flowering stems are shorter, 

 and the fruit is frequently concealed among the leaves. It is the 

 earliest in ripening its fruit, for which reason it meoits esteem had 

 it nothing else to recommend it; but the fruit is so good as to be 

 generally preferred to most others. 



The second, or hautboy strawberry, has larger and thicker leaves 

 than the scarlet, oval-lanceolate, and rough; the fruit is of a pale 

 red, much larger than the scarlet, and of a musky flavour, of which 

 there are several varieties differing in shape and colour, but that 

 called the globe hautboy is the best and most improved fruit. 



The third, or Chili strawberry, has oval hairy leaves of a much 

 thicker substance than any sort yet known, and stand upon very 

 strong hairy foot-stalks; the runners from the plants are very large, 

 hairy, and extend to a great length, putting out plants at several 

 distances. The peduncles are very strong; the leaves of the calyx 

 are long and hairy. The flowers are large and are often deformed, 

 and when cultivated in strong loamy land, the plants produce plenty 

 of large, firm, well flavoured fruit; in a light soil this kind is not 

 generally very productive. 



The fourth, or Alpine strawberry, has small oval leaves, small 

 flowers, and middle-sized, oblong, pointed fruit; the plants and 

 fruit are considerably larger than the wood strawberry, and are 

 particularly valuable for their continuing to bear fruit successively 

 from June till the autumn frosts put a stop to them, but with the 

 help of hot-beds, &c. they may be kept in a bearing state the whole 

 year round. The reason of its long continuance in fruit is, that 

 the runners which it throws out during the summer, shoot up into 

 flowers and fruit the same year. Of this there are four varieties, 

 the scarlet fruited, red fruited, white fruited and scarlet blossomed. 

 This is said to be a native of the Alps, in Europe. 



The fifth, or pine-apple strawberry, has leaves which much re- 

 semble those of the scarlet strawberry, but are larger, of a thicker 

 substance, and the indentures of their edges are blunter: the run- 

 ners are much larger and hairy: the peduncles are stronger, the 

 flowers much larger, and the fruit approaches in size, shape, and 

 colour, to the Chili strawberry. As this produces a great quantity 

 of fruit when the plants are kept clear from runners (and the fruit 

 is very large) it is well worthy of cultivation. The fruit of this 

 variety has somewhat of the smell and taste of the pine-apple, from 

 whence it takes its name. 



In the cultivation of strawberries, much depends upon the choice 

 of plants; for if they are promiscuously taken from the beds with- 

 out care, a great number of them will become barren; these are by 

 the gardeners termed blind, which is when there are plentv of flow- 

 ers but no fruit produced; if these flowers are well examined they 

 will be found to want the female organs of generation, most of them 

 abounding with stamina, but there are few, if any styles; so that 

 it frequently happens among these barren plants that some of them 



