124. MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 
Leaves — Large, dark. 
Sex — Perfect. 
Season—Medium. Fruit stems numerous. 
The fruit is conical in form. Size, large. 
Colour, light red outside and inside. Quality 
good, sub-acid. Yield, good. Fine appear- 
ance. 
In the cross Hunn x Ideal it was hoped 
to unite or combine ideal form with late 
ripening. The results, however, showed that 
the plants retained the characteristic foliage 
of the Hunn, being dark green, growth dwarf 
but quite vigorous. Runners strong and 
rugged but very few produced. The fruit was 
regular in form, colour, dark red and glossy. 
Flesh, dark red. Flavour, very acid. 
A cross of Wm. Belt x Wild made with 
the idea of frost resistance produced quite 
good results. The plants retained the char- 
acteristics of the wild, setting many plants 
and making a thick, matted row. Frost 
resistance quite pronounced. 
Colour of the fruit is bright red, seeds deep 
sunken with the wild characteristic, sharp 
corrugations above seeds. Flavour quite pro- 
nounced of the sweet wild quality. Size 
larger than wild. Some measure from j to 
