HYBRID STRAWBERRIES 



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Souvenir de Bossuet Strawberry. — A low, almost dwarf plant, 

 with dense foliage ; leaf-stalks short, green, hairy ; leaflets broad, 

 rounded, veined, and slightly toothed ; flower-stems short, flowers 

 fairly large. Fruit abundant, large, heart-shaped, a beautiful 

 bright red, turning to very dark red at complete maturity ; seeds 

 brown, half-sunken ; flesh pale red, very juicy, sugary, agreeably 



Souvenir de Bossuet Strawberry Thury Strawberry. 



acidulated. A very productive variety, its abundant foliage 

 effectively protecting the fruit against the midday sun, but soon 

 exhausted and producing in the end only small fruit. 



Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury Strawberry. — Plant vigorous, 

 not very tall, but leafy, erect, and dark green, indicating a robust 

 constitution ; leaflets oval, often narrow at the base, which is with- 

 out teeth, the rest of the margin bearing rather deep, large, and 

 usually rounded teeth; flowers medium-sized or small; flower-stems 



