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THE STRAWBERRY. 



very fine autumnal crop is secured by cutting off all the spring blossoms. 

 The plant resembles the Red Wood, and the fruit is similar in flavor 

 and color, but long conical in form. Flowers always perfect. 



Red-Bush Alpine. 



Ruisson. Monthly, without Runners. 



Des Alpes sans Filets. Commun sans Filets. 



The Bush Alpines are remarkable among Strawberries for their total 

 destitution of runners. Hence they always grow in neat, compact 

 bunches, and are preferred by many persons for edging beds in the 

 kitchen garden. The fruit is conical, and the whole plant, otherwise, is 

 quite similar to common Alpines. We think it one of the most desira- 

 ble sorts, and it bears abundantly through the whole season. The Bush 

 Alpines were first introduced into the United States by the late Andrew 

 Parmentier, of Brooklyn. To propagate them the roots are divided. 

 Flowers always perfect. 



Red Wood. 



English Red Wood. Newland's Mammoth. 



Des Bois a Fruit Rouge. Stoddard's Alpine. 



Common Rouge. Washington Alpine. 



This is the wild Strawberry of Europe (F. vesca), long more com- 

 monly cultivated in our gardens than any other sort, and still, perhaps, 

 the easiest of cultivation, and one of the most desirable kinds. It al- 

 ways bears abundantly ; and though the fruit is small, yet it is produced 

 for a much longer time than that of the other classes of strawberries, 

 and is very sweet and delicate in flavor. Flowers always perfect. 



Fruit red, small, roundish ovate. Seeds set even with the surface 

 of the fruit. It ripens at medium season. 



Triomphe d'Hollande. 



Triumph of Holland Alpine. Des Quatre Saisons. 



This new variety of the Alpine comes from the Netherlands, where 

 it is said to have been raised by M. J. "Verkroost, Utrecht. The habit 

 of growth is very vigorous, compact, and the plant very productive. 

 The fruit is large for its class, regular, roundish conical, light scarlet red. 

 Seeds light yellow. Flesh juicy, sweet, rich, aromatic, delicious. 



White Alpine. 



White Monthly. Des Alpes a Fruit Blanc. 



Des Alpes de Tous les Mois a Fruit Blanc, &c. 



Precisely similar to the Red Alpine, except in color. 

 Fruit conical, white. 



White-Bush Alpine. 



White Monthly, without Runners. Buisson des Alpes Blanc, &c. 



This differs from the Red-Bush Alpine only in the color of the fruit, 

 which is conical and white. 



