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3103. 

 3103. 

 3104. 



3105. 

 3106. 



3107. 



3108. 



3109. 



3110. 



3111, 



While Alpine Strawberry. This differs from the ordinary kind in the 

 color of the fruit and in being not quite so acid. This plant is an 

 equally continuous bearer. 



Improved Red Alpine Strawberry. Also called Amelioree Dura. 'This 



is distinguished from the other varieties by the peculiar shape of 

 the fruit, which is very long and slender. ' ( Vit 



Red BushAlpme strawberry. (Fraisier dt sAlpes sans filets.) 'This very 

 distinct variety has the advantage of growing without producing 

 any runners, which often render it troublesome to keep strawberry 

 beds in order, and on this account it is peculiarly adapted for plant- 

 ing as edgings.' {Vilmorin. i 



Variety exactly like the preceding one. 



~\Y]tit<> Bush Alpine Straivberry. 



except in color and fruit. 



St. Joseph (Saint- Joseph). This is the first variety originated by the 

 Abbe Thivolet. This is said to be the first truly ever-bearing, large- 

 fruited strawberry ever obtained, and it had a great success in 

 France, where it received the highest premium from the National 

 Society of Horticulture. This variety produces fruits from May 

 until the end of October in the latitude of Paris. The fruits are 

 frequently an inch in diameter, and sometimes an inch and one- 

 half, of a deep-red color with an equally red pulp, very firm in 

 texture, juicy, and of the first quality. More fruit will be produced 

 if the runners are carefully cut away during the summer. These 

 runners may be planted at once and often fruit the first year. 

 (Vilmorin.) 



St. Anthony {St. Antoine de Padone). This variety, which was sent 

 out in 1898 by the Abbe Thivolet, was obtained by crossing the St, 

 Joseph with the large-fruited English Royal Sovereign. The fruits 

 of this sort are larger than those of the St. Joseph, are firm, good 

 keepers, and have an excellent flavor. The fruit clusters are erect 

 and do not require support, as do those of St. Joseph. This is the 

 newest and most remarkable of the large-fruited, ever-bearing 

 strawberries. 



(Louis Gauthier.) This is not truly an ever-bearing .strawberry, but 

 the runners produce fruits after those in the parent plant have 

 ripened, and by means of a succession of runners fruits may be 

 obtained until late in autumn. 



Belle de Meaux Alpine Strawberry. This is a seedling of the ordinary 

 Alpine strawberry, distinguished by the red coloration of its fruits, 

 which is indeed so deep that they appear almost black. When 

 ripe the stem and runners are a reddish brown and the flowers are 

 often tinted with red. Like the other Alpine strawberries, this 

 variety reproduces from seed. 



The Janus Alpine Strawberry (Janus amiliorie). A very fine variety, 

 characterized by the fruit being conical, large, and well shaped, and 

 becoming almost blackish when ripe. It is a very productive and 

 continuous bearer, and highly worthy of recommendation in every 

 respect. The variety comes very true from seed. (Vilmorin. I 



Leo XIII. A new ever-bearing French strawberry 

 The oldest of the large ever-bearing strawberry. ' ' 



with large fruit. 



[Swingle.) 



3112. Ceratonia siliqua. 



From France. Received through Mr 



Carob tree. 



W. T. Swingle, April, 1899. 



"The carob tree or St. John's bread is a handsome leguminous tree with evergreen, 

 glossy, dark-green pinnate leaves. It grows well in the semiarid hills all around the 

 Mediterranean. It prefers limestone soils. It is sensitive to the cold and does not 

 succeed north of the regions where oranges grow. It grows slowly, makes a round 

 top, and attains a great size. It bears in great abundance large pods, chocolate col- 

 ored when ripe, which contains an abundance of saccharine matter between the hard 



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