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of the calyx are longer than the petals. Most of the small sections split into two or three. 

 The petals, more oval at their tips than they are round, at first are hollowed spoonlike. 

 But after the flower is completely open, they flatten out & their edges form different folds 

 & contours. When the flower has newly opened the petals are a herbaceous color or pale 

 yellowish green. Some of them subsequently retain this color. Others lighten except at the 

 tips, & turn a white that isn't pure but rather mingled with a light tint of green. Some of 

 them often remain attached to the calyx and don't dry up until the fruit ripens. The 

 filaments of the stamens are thin & extremely long, & their tips are big and light yellow. 

 The pistils are sulfur-yellow or very pale with a slight hint of green. All the flowers on an 

 upright shoot are almost at the same height and form a sort of terminal bouquet that rises 

 above the leaves. When the flowers have faded the large sections of the calyx close back 

 onto the receptacle as they had been before the flowers opened and remain permanently 

 inclined on or adhered to the fruit. When the fruit has reached full size, some of them 

 move somewhat away from it & their tips often reflex or fold back. 



The fruit is about the size of the ones gathered in the first year from the common 

 cultivated strawberry plant. The biggest ones rarely exceed eight lignes in diameter by 

 six-&-a-half lignes in height. They have a spheroid shape, very much flattened at the 

 ends, frequently uneven and almost never well rounded at the diameter. The pedicel 

 inserts into quite a deep cavity, & the fruit is very adherent to the calyx. 



The skin is lightly shaded red-brown on the side in the sun. The other side is 

 green that whitens a little when the fruit is ripe. 



The flesh is slightly firm & crisp when this strawberry plant 



