THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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ORIGIN OF OUR CULTIVATED STRAWBERRIES- 



It appears then that the strawberries now found in our markets 

 have been developed mainly from the wild strawberry of South America. 

 About 1834 Chas. M. Hovey of Massachusetts crossed the wild straw- 

 berry of that state with the Chilian strawberry. The aim of this work 

 was to combine the superior excellence in flavor of the wild berry with 

 the large size of the South American variety. The Chilian strawberry 

 (Fragaria Chtloensis) extends over an immense area, following the 

 backbone of the two American continents from the southern part of 

 South America northward to Alaska. From Prof. L. H. Bailey's in- 

 vestigations it appears that* our present strawberries show very little 

 trace of this early work and are direct descendants of the Chilian spe- 

 cies. No exact record has been kept of the work during the past sev- 

 enty years in originating new strawberries in America. We have de- 

 pended mainly upon chance seedlings and upon indiscriminate sowing 

 of the fruit of the largest and best berries. It is claimed that some of 

 our later western varieties have western native blood in them and hence 

 are better adapted to the sun and air of the western prairies. This is 

 especially true of the commercial varieties developed in recent years in 

 Illinois and eastern Iowa. 



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