LARGE-FRUITED PERPETUAL STRAWBERRIES 701 



LARGE-FRUITED PERPETUAL STRAWBERRIES 



Fraisiers remontants a gros fruits. 



Many years ago a cross made between some Pine-apple Straw- 

 berries produced a variety called " Bon Henry," from which kind, 

 on being crossed in its turn later on with some large-fruited 

 sorts, several new varieties were raised, among which were the 



St. Joseph Strawberry. 



St. Joseph," the first really interesting Large-Fruited Perpetual 

 Strawberry, 



St. Joseph Strawberry. — A bushy, rather dwarf, and 

 trailing plant ; leaf-stalks short, green, hairy ; leaves rounded, 

 with well-defined teeth, bluish, somewhat glaucous green ; flower- 

 stems not numerous, developing in succession, short, with medium- 

 sized, well-staminated flowers. Fruit medium-sized, heart-shaped ; 

 seeds small, numerous ; flesh white, or rosy white, juicy and per- 

 fumed. Inferior as it is to many of the hybrid large-fruited sorts, 



