THE AMERICAN STRAWBERRY 181 
taken by this strawberry during the following 
one hundred years. From the description, 
that it bore small, bright scarlet berries, 
with a distinct neck or constricted area near 
the stem and more or less slightly acid flesh, 
it is probable that it was not very different 
from the common wild strawberries which 
are found in the fields of the Northeastern 
States. This berry met with great favour 
in England, but on the continent it was not 
considered of any value. 
About 1712 a second species of strawberry 
reached Europe. Captain Frezier brought 
from Chile to Marseilles a strawberry that 
is named botanically Fragaria Chilensis. 
It was not until 1724 that this fruit reached 
England. This plant, which is a shaggy, 
thick-leaved, stout individual, bearing large, 
dark-coloured, somewhat pointed, globular 
fruit late in the season, did not meet 
with great favour, particularly so as the 
flowers were often imperfect, thereby lacking 
the self-pollinating benefits. However, in 
a few places, especially at Brest in France, 
it was after a time grown and cultivated 
for its fruit. 
Barnet in writing about this berry a hun- 
