438 Strawberries. 



In planting strawberry beds, it is important, therefore, to know 

 the character of the flowers. Nothing is easier than to distinguish 

 the two when in blossom. This distinction is given in the arrange- 

 ment of varieties which follows. About one-quarter staminates are 

 usually regarded as abundant for fertilizing a bed of pistillates. 

 To prevent intermixture of the two sorts by runners, they may be 

 planted in alternate strips, as indicated by the following diagram, 

 S representing stammate, and P pistillate varieties : 



In selecting two varieties for this purpose, perfect fertilization 

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

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

 together for this purpose. Nearly all sorts most commonly culti- 

 vated at the present time are staminate, and do not require this 

 arrangement of beds for fertilization. 



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 inrginiana.} 

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

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

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

 difficult to assign many varieties to either separately.) 



Section I. Flowers staminate. 

 Section II. Flowers pistillate. 



