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SMALL FRUIT CULTURIST. 



I recognize among cultivated varieties but two sexes, 

 yiz. : Perfect or Bi-sexual, and the Pistillate varieties. 

 The latter kinds are marked pidillate ; all not so desig- 

 nated are perfect^ and will bear fruit without the aid of 

 others to fertilize them. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



The following are varieties of Fragaria grandiflora and 

 F, YirginiancL Some of them show more of the pecu- 

 liar characteristics of one species than of the other^ while 

 with a few it would be difficult to tell to which they were 

 related^ and it is very probable that they are a mixture 

 of both. They were all produced in this country, and 

 are called native varieties : 



Agriculturist. — Very large, irregular, conical, with long 

 neck, large specimens often flat- 

 tened or coxcomb shaped ; color 

 light reddish crimson ; flesh deep 

 red, moderately firm, sweet, rich 

 and good ; j^lant a very strong 

 grower ; leaves large, thick, dark 

 green, with reddish petiole ; hardy 

 and productive, and succeeds re- 

 markably well on light sandy soils, 

 as well as on those that are heavy. 

 A valuable variety. Figure 30 

 shows a fruit of medium size in 

 ordinary field culture. Originated 

 Fig. 30.-AGRICULTURIST. g^^j^ Boydcu, Ncwark, N", J. 



Austin or Shaker,— Superseded by better sorts. Origi- 

 nated among the Shakers at Watervliet, N. Y. 



Albion White. — See Lennig's White. 

 Belle. — A new variety, which originated with J. B. 

 Moore. I have not seen it, and only know of it by re- 



