LARGE-FRUITED PERPETUAL STRAWBERRIES 703 



variety than the St. Joseph, taller and denser in growth. Leaves 

 broad, slightly hairy ; leaflets oval, toothed ; flower-stems tall and 

 stiff, flowers large. Fruit large, conical or cock's-comb shaped ; 

 seeds yellow, numerous and prominent ; flesh very rosy, juicy and 

 sweet. This fine variety is the result of a cross made between 

 Royal Sovereign and St. Joseph. It is a more vigorous plant 

 and produces larger fruit than the St. Joseph, though perhaps not 

 so continuous a bearer, as it has usually ceased to produce by 

 the end of July, until 

 it starts afresh in the 

 second half of September 

 or early in October. It 

 stands the heat and 

 drought much better 

 than the St. Joseph. 



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 Plant vigorous, tall ; 

 leaves light green ; leaf- 

 lets long, toothed, rather 

 hairy, and often four 

 together on one stalk, 

 which is seldom the case 

 with the other varieties; 

 flowers medium - sized, 

 and very early. Fruit, 

 large, oblong, blunt, 

 bright red, rather hairy; 

 seeds projecting, except 

 on the neck, which is 

 long, smooth, and shin- 

 ing ; flesh pink, very 

 juicy and very sweet. 

 The result of a cross 

 between St. Joseph and 

 Edouard Lefort, it is in- 

 termediate between the 

 two. Its fruit is very 

 like that of Edouard 

 Lefort and its foliage like that of St. Joseph, without the blue 

 tinge of the latter, and with the above-mentioned peculiarity of four 

 leaflets being often borne on one leaf-stalk, which distinguishes 

 it from all other Perpetual Strawberries. It is perpetual like 

 the St. Joseph, the runners, almost as soon as fairly started, 

 throwing up a flower-stem which bears fruit towards the end of 

 summer. The first flowers appear very early in spring, and the 

 first fruits ripen with those of the early varieties. 



La Productive Strawberry. 



