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STRAWBERRIES. 



CLASS V. HAUTBOIS STRAWBERRIES. 



Of all Strawberries, the Hautbois are the most variable. They 

 certainly retain a general character from which they naturally 

 do not depart ; but constancy of character in varieties, deno- 

 minated as distinct, is but little to be depended on : the fruit will 

 occasionally change from globular to ovate, and the contrary ; 

 while fertile plantations will produce runners that may per- 

 haps be sterile, and seedlings, many of which will certainly 

 prove so. The latter ought to be carefully looked after and 

 extirpated, which can be only effectually done in plantations 

 newly formed whilst the plants are single, and at the time 

 they are in blossom. It will also be necessary to observe that 

 in all the sorts of Hautbois, here enumerated, there exist both 



