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The Chili strawberry takes it's name 

 from that part of America so called, from 

 whence it was brought by M. Frazier, 

 engineer to the French king. It was culti- 

 vated in the royal gardens at Paris, from 

 whence some of the plants were conveyed 

 to Holland, and from the latter place they 

 were brought to England, by Mr. Miller, in 

 the first year of the reign of King George the 

 Second, 1727. 



The Alpine strawberry is a native of 

 Germany, and was planted in England in the 

 year 1768. 



The varieties of the strawberry have, like 

 those of other fruits, been so increased, that, 

 to describe them distinctly, would be almost 

 impossible, even with the assistance of 

 coloured drawings. The President of the 

 Horticultural Society, Thomas Andrew 

 Knight, Esq., states, that he has at this time 

 not less than 400 varieties of this fruit in 

 his garden. Among those which he has 

 raised, is one from the white Chili strawberry 

 and the pollen of the black strawberry. 



Mr. Keen of Isleworth, in the county of 

 Middlesex, who is one of the greatest grow- 

 ers of strawberries for the London market, 

 has obligingly furnished me with his ob- 

 servations on the culture of this fruit, which 

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