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HYBRID STRAWBERRIES 



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slightly hairy ; leaflets rounded ; flower-stems stout, and rather 

 short, bearing large, erect flowers. Fruit very large, egg-shaped, 

 long and pointed, tapering and bare of seeds at the neck, of a 

 glistening dark red colour, with seeds deeply sunk ; flesh intense 

 red, sometimes hollow at 



the centre, juicy and ■ — \ ^ ^ 

 agreeable. Is much liable 

 to suffer from drought, 

 and when the needed 

 moisture is not provided, 

 the setting of the fruit, 

 as also their size and 

 good shape, is seriously 

 endangered. 



Louis Gau thier 

 Strawberry. — A tall, 

 robust, and leafy plant ; 

 leaf-stalks long, slender 

 and slightly hairy; leaflets 

 small, much rounded, 

 bluntly toothed, and a 

 shining dark green ; 

 flower - stems numerous, 

 stout, long, erect or re- 

 cumbent, bearing large 

 flowers with rather twisted 

 petals. Fruit very 

 abundant, medium - sized 

 or large, globe-shaped, or 

 slightly flattened at the 

 stem end, very regular in 

 shape ; seeds brown, half 

 projecting, contrasting 

 with the rosy white colour 

 of the fruit ; flesh, juicy, 

 sugary, perfumed, and 

 very good in quality. 

 Half- early. Announced 

 at first as a Large-fruited 

 Perpetual Strawberry, it 

 is not exactly that, for 

 the second crop is only 

 on the young runners in the autumn and is dependent on the 

 season and cultivation. For productiveness, regular shape, and 

 exquisite flavour it is among the best garden Strawberries, although 

 the pale colour of the fruit may not appeal to every one. 



Le Czar Strawberry. 



