Archive image from page 73 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer06bail Year: 1906 1736 STRAWBERRY STRAWBERRY mens that they are practically pistillate or sterile. Any New varieties of Strawberries are raised from seed variety will fertilize any other
Archive image from page 73 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer06bail Year: 1906 1736 STRAWBERRY STRAWBERRY mens that they are practically pistillate or sterile. Any New varieties of Strawberries are raised from seed variety will fertilize any other variety if it hears suili- with the greatest ease. The generations of Strawberries cient pollen and if the two kinds bloom at the same time. are short and new varieties soon find favor. The varie- When planting pistillate varieties, every third row ties change so frequently in popular estimation that it is impracticable to recommend a list of them in a work like this. The first great American berry was the Hovey J (pig, 1088, Vol. Il|. Perhaps the most popular single $§£&[â /-/v-'jrj-t5. variety has been the Wilson (Pig. 2420), now practically ,i>'/ nearly 200 years ago. See Fragaria. In Europe the «i==cTs=a~_ Alpine and Hautbois types of Strawberries (/'. vesca \v/ il'|'Ss and . moschata) are highly prized as dessert fruits, t'iJwa&&eJI$l These are sometimes grown in this country by amateurs, 7Y 'ksBsH '>ut they are unknown to commercial Strawberry cul- ture. The native Fragaria I'irginiava, everywhere common in fields in eastern North America, gives little promise under cultivation. It usually runs strongly to vine, at the expense of fruit-bearing. There are several serious fungous diseases and insect pests of the Strawberry. The fundamental treatment for all these is to fruit the bed but once, or at most but twice, and to grow succeeding crops on other land, 2416. Pot-grown Strawberry plant. cleaning up the old plantation thoroughly after the last fruiting. S
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