184 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 
Candolle, and Guy, that it is an absolute 
modification of the Chilean strawberry. 
The other was brought forth by Decaisne, 
and quite readily accepted by others, that 
some, at least, of the varieties of this straw- 
berry are the offspring or variations of the 
large, robust native form of the species 
Fragaria Virginiana, var. Illinensis, our wild 
strawberry. 
We must, however, determine from what 
progenitor type our cultivated strawberries 
have sprung. In 1824, according to the 
writings of Barnet, he divides all cultivated 
strawberries into seven classes. The first (1) 
of these is the Scarlet or Virginian strawberry 
with twenty-six varieties; the second (2) is 
Duchesne’s Fragaria tincta or black straw- 
berry, with five varieties; third (3), the Pines 
orPineapple strawberry, with fifteen varieties; 
fourth (4), the True Chile strawberry, with 
three varieties. The remaining three classes 
comprise the small European varieties. These 
latter will not be considered, as they are 
outside of the question. It is possible to 
class the Blacks and Pines as one, owing 
to their being so much alike. This last 
class, although the youngest, had already 
