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Class III. Alpine and Wood Strawberries. 



Red Alpine. (Syn. Alpine Monthly.) Rather small, long 

 conical; seeds not sunk ; color red; quite sweet, mild, 

 not high flavored ; ripens a good crop just after the usual 

 strawberry season, and if damp and shaded, through the 

 season till winter frosts. An abundant autumnal crop is 

 secured by clipping the spring blossoms. 



The White Alpine is quite similar, except in its light yel- 

 lowish or nearly white fruit. 



Red Wood. Resembles the Alpine in size, flavor, and gen- 

 eral appearance, but has rounder fruit, and does not con- 

 tinue so long through the season. 



The White Wood only differs in its light colored fruit. 



Bush Alpine. The Red and White Bush Alpine, resemble 

 the common Alpines in every particular, except in an en- 

 tire destitution of runners. Hence they grow in compact 

 bunches, and are considered valuable as edging for kitch- 

 en garden beds. They are necessarily propagated by 

 dividing the roots. They bear through the whole season, 

 even more uniformly than the common Alpines. 



The Alpine and Wood Strawberries are easily propagated 

 from seed, with very little or no variation. 



Class IV. Hat/tbois Strawberries. 



Prolific. (Syn. Conical Hautbois, Musk Hautbois, Double 

 Bearing.) Large, long ovate-conical, light purple be- 

 coming dark purplish red, surface slightly irregular, seeds 

 projecting ; much esteemed by some for its rich, fine 

 musky flavor, and disliked by others. 



This is the only variety of the Hautbois worthy of cultiva- 

 tion. 



The Chili and Green Strawberries, appear to be un- 

 worthy of cultivation. Of the former, Wilmot's Superb, a 

 very showy, large, roundish or coxcombed fruit with a pale 

 red surface, and hollow, insipid flesh, has excited the most 

 attention. 



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