RED ALPINE STRAWBERRY 



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in the colour of the fruit, which is also not quite 50 acid. The 

 plant is an equally con- 

 tinuous bearer. 



Janus Alpine Straw- 

 berry. — A very fine 

 variety of the Alpine 

 Strawberry, characterised 

 by the fruit being conical, 

 large, and well shaped, 

 and becoming almost 

 black when perfectly ripe. 

 It is very productive, a 

 very continuous bearer, 

 and highly worthy of re- 

 commendation in every 

 respect. The variety 

 comes very true from 

 seed. 



Alpine Belle de 

 Meaux Strawberry. — A 



sport of the Red Alpine 

 Strawberry, characterised 

 by the large size of its 

 fruit and the intense red 

 colour of the whole plant. 

 Not only the stems and 

 runners, but the flowers 

 themselves, are often tinged with red, and the fruit almost black 

 when quite ripe. Produces abundantly during six months pf 

 the year, and comes quite true from seed. 



Bush Alpine Strawberry. — 

 This very distinct variety has the 

 advantage of growing without pro- 

 ducing any runners, which often 

 make it troublesome to keep Straw- 

 berry-beds in order, and, on this 

 account, it is peculiarly well adapted 

 for planting as edgings. , There is 

 one form of it with red, and another 

 with white fruit. Both are hardy, 

 productive, and continuous bearers, 

 and reproduce themselves from seed 

 with hardly any variation. They 

 may also be multiplied by division 

 of the tufts. 



Bush Alpine Red Strawberry, 



Red Alpine Duru Strawberry. 



Red Alpine Duru Strawberry.— Another improved variety of 



