INTRODUCTION 
In Europe, no Home Orchard or Berry garden is complete 
without the Four Season cultivated French Fraise de Bois. 
These strawberries are held in such high esteem that no 
well planned garden is without them and connoisseurs of 
fine berries in this country recognize their fine qualities, are 
now proudly displaying beds or potted plants of these top 
ranking berries. 
A patch of about 25 to 100 plants is a perpetual joy, 
because unlike the common strawberry, a bed of these per- 
ennial plants lasts from 10 to 15 years, thus eliminating re- 
placements each year. 
These plants are hardy and will withstand the hardest 
winter. However, they do not like wet soils. They will thrive 
in almost every type of soil, but a light sandy soil with a 
good dressing of well-rotted cow manure is preferred. 
‘Heavier soil can be improved by adding peat moss or humus 
and sand. 
Their graceful, soft green foliage, white blossoms, red 
and green fruit, forming all the same time, makes these 
plants extremely decorative year round—the plant itself 
becomes a MUST in every garden. These enticing plants 
have many uses. Plant them in a berry bed—in your Rock 
Garden or as a wonderful accessory in a Perennial border. 
Also, they make a fine border along paths, vegetable or 
flower garden. 
The French Strawberry yield berries gifted with delightful 
wild flavor which only these plants possess gives them 
individuality. They produce an average crop of 200 to 250 
berries per plant throughout the year. Of course, they are 
at their best during the early spring and summer months— 
and then again from mid-August until frost. The plants 
