244 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



seems to have somewhat better fragrance. But all these differences aren't easy to pin 

 down & aren't equally discernible on all of the plants, so I'm not sure that they're enough 

 to constitute a variety. 



XII. STRAWBERRY PLANT with large flowers and fruit with flavor & fragrance that resembles 

 pineapple. 



Pineapple STRAWBERRY PLANT Du Ch. 

 Pineapple STRAWBERRY PLANT (PL VL) 



IF this strawberry plant hadn't actually been seen to originate from seeds of the 

 Chilean strawberry, it would be difficult to guess its origin. It bears less resemblance to 

 its parent than it does to the Bath scarlet. 



The runners, upright shoots & leafstalks are almost as big as those of the Bath 

 strawberry plant. The leaves are a little smaller. They're the same shape and the same 

 shade of deep green on the inside & a bluish light green on the outside. Their 

 denticulation is a little deeper & less blunt. Their surface is smoother & doesn't look as 

 much like morocco leather. The petioles of the leaflets are longer. Lastly, the leaves & all 

 other parts of the plant have more hair but much less than that on the Chilean strawberry 

 plant. 



The upright shoots grow straight. When they bloom, they're about three inches in 

 height up to the first node. From the ochrea of this node, which usually is associated with 

 a simple leaf, from two to five branches emerge, each one of which divides into two or 

 three pedicels that terminate in a flower bud & rarely branch out any further. The bud is 

 big. short, and very much enlarged near the pedicel. 



The flowers, almost as large as & more uniform than those of the Chilean 

 strawberry plant, are fundamentally different from them in that both sexes are expressed 

 together, making them completely hermaphroditic. 



