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qualities of tlie original sort. It will not travel as well as the 
Duru when ripe; but picked just before it is quite ripe it will 
bear carrying very well, and beats every other Alpine by its size, 
colour, and eating quality. (Fig. 72.) 
A Glimpse at the Anatomy of the Strawberry Plant. 
The practical difference between the single bearing and the per- 
Fig. 72. —Berger Alpine. 
petual Strawberry can be easily traced back to an anatomical 
difference, which consists in the production of flowering steins 
instead of runners from the axil of some of the leaves on the 
main stems. 
The species included in the genus Frcigctria appear to stand 
