HYBRID STRAWBERRIES 



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suits the private grower 

 as well as the market 

 garden. 



Crescent Seedling 

 Strawberry. — A fairly 

 vigorous plant, bushy, 

 dwarf; leaves dark 

 green, with narrow leaf- 

 lets; flower-stems nume- 

 rous, short and slender, 

 bearing numerous small 

 flowers opening very 

 early. Fruit abundant, 

 medium - sized, heart- 

 shaped, of a glistening 

 red colour ; flesh red, 

 acidulated and per- 

 fumed. This kind may 

 be classed among the 

 earliest varieties, equal- 

 ling in this respect the 

 May Queen Strawberry, 

 than which it produces 

 larger fruit and for a 

 longer time. 



Docteur Morere 

 Strawberry. — A very 

 vigorous variety. Leaf-stalks and flower-stems rather hairy; leaves 

 large, broad, and very dark green ; leaflets broad, almost always 

 folded on the midrib, slightly puckered and twisted, and with very 



large, rather deep and sharp 

 teeth ; flowers large, rather 

 numerous ; calyx very large ; 

 flower-stems stout, erect, often 

 leafy. Fruit very large, short, 

 very deep red when ripe, and 

 rapidly diminishing in size ; flesh 

 pink, melting, sugary, juicy, and 

 rather perfumed,butoften hollow 

 at the centre ; seeds black and 

 rather projecting. The flavour 

 of the fruit somewhat resembles 

 that of the Chili Strawberry. 

 This variety is grown on a large 

 scale in the neighbourhood of 

 Docteur Morere Strawberry (natural size). Paris for market supply. 



Centenary Strawberry. 



