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that covers the bud & the runner. The bud on each alternate node develops into a 

 strawberry plant offshoot that takes root and forms a new plant. The bud on the next node 

 remains dormant; if the base of the strawberry plant is a vigorous one, it lengthens & puts 

 out a branch or runner that likewise generates new plants & new runners in the same 

 sequence. 



3°. The leafstalk is fairly long, cylindrical, and indented with a small groove 

 running the whole length along the side facing the stem. At the end it divides into three 

 small petioles that continue and form the midribs of the three leaflets that make up the 

 leaf of the strawberry plant. The central leaflet has a uniform shape. It's very narrow at 

 the end where it opens up, and it diminishes in width the same way at the tip. The two 

 lateral leaflets have an irregular shape. Their midribs divide them into two unequal 

 sections. The section next to the central leaflet is about the same shape, size, & 

 proportion as the half of that leaflet. The other section is larger & much wider at its origin 

 than it is at its tip. The leaflets have fairly wide, sharp, deep, &c, serrations along their 

 margins that terminate in small points. As a rule these are the same color as the fruit. The 

 outside of the leaflet is whitish and accented by veins that emerge alternately from the 

 midrib and terminate at the tip of each tooth. The inside is a fairly light green and is 

 indented with furrows corresponding to the veins. Very vigorous strawberry plants 

 produce some leaves with four & even five leaflets. Furthermore, on the leafstalk two 

 thirds of the way above its origin there are one or two small ears, appendages, or leaflets. 

 Sometimes they're closed up & shaped like a small paper horn or a cone with teeth 

 around its base. 



