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1541. Fragaria vesca. Wood strawberry. 



From France. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, December, 1898. (Twenty- 

 five plants. ) 



"Fraisier des 4 saisons" (ever-bearing). "Berger." 



1542. Fragaria vesca. Wood strawberry. 



From France. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, December, 1898. (Twenty- 

 five plants.) 



"Fraisier des 4 saisons Janus aineUiore" (ever-bearing. Improved Janus). 



1543. Fragaria vesca. Wood strawberry. 



From France. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, December, 1898. (Twenty- 

 five plants.) 



" Fraisier remontant a gros fruit" (perpetual strawberry, large-fruited). "Leon 

 XIII." 



The oldest of the large ever-bearing strawberries. 



1544. Fragaria vesca. Wood strawberry. 



From France. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, December, 1898. (Twenty- 

 five plants.) 



" Fraisier remontant a gros fruit" (large-fruited perpetual). "St. Joseph" 

 (Jeanne d'Arc?) 



The great novelty of 1898; represented as the best ever-bearing strawberry 

 known ; best advertised plant in France. 



1545. Fragaria vesca. Wood strawberry. 



From France. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, December, 1898. Twenty- 

 five plants. 



"Fraisier remontant a gros fruit" (large-fruited perpetual strawberry). "Jeanne 

 d'Arc ;" probably the same as St. Joseph. 



1546. Fragaria vesca. Wood strawberry. 



From France. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, December, 1898. Ten plants. 



"Fraisier remontant a gros fruit" (large- fruited perpetual strawberry). "St. 

 Antoine de Padoue." 



The as yet uu announced novelty for 1899, said to be the best ever-bearing straw- 

 berry in existence. 



1547. Fragaria vesca. Wood strawberry. 



From France. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, December, 1898. Twenty- 

 five plants. 



"Fraisier Louis Gauthier." Not properly an ever-bearing strawberry. The 

 runners produce fruit promptly, yielding thereby a succession throughout the sum- 

 mer, although each stock bears but one stem. 



1548. Vitis vinifera. GJ-rape. 



From Bourg-la-Reine, Seine, France. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, 

 December, 1898. Four cuttings, 50 cm. (L> feet) long. 



"Sarfitger." Table grape, Russian variety. Berries white, 1 cm. (two-fifths of 

 an inch) in diameter. 



1549. Vitis vinifera. Grape. 



From Bourg-la-Reine, Seine, France. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, 

 December, 1898. Four cuttings, 50 cm. (H feet) long. 



"Saperawi." Table grape, Russian variety. Fruit black, 1 by 1.5 cm. (.4 by .6 

 of an inch); stems rosy. 



"Has a red juice, and is preferred in Russia to the various teinturiers, since, unlike 

 them, it does not injure the wine to which it is added for coloring purposes." 



