. 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. Gardening. 2416. Pot-grown Strawberry plant. should be a pollen-bearing kind. The horticultural bearing of the sexual characters of the Strawberry flower seems to have been first clearly explained in this country by Nicholas Longworth, of Cincinnati {see Longworth; also his essay on the subject in his "Culti- vation
. 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. Gardening. 2416. Pot-grown Strawberry plant. should be a pollen-bearing kind. The horticultural bearing of the sexual characters of the Strawberry flower seems to have been first clearly explained in this country by Nicholas Longworth, of Cincinnati {see Longworth; also his essay on the subject in his "Culti- vation of the Grape," 1846, and the "Straw- berry Report "of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, 18-18). When many of the akenes or "seeds" of the Strawberry are not fertilized or are killed by frost or other means, the berry fails to develop at that point and a "nubbin," or imperfect berry, is the result. Fig. 2419. Nubbins are usually most abundant late in the fruiting season, when the pollen supply is small and when the plants are relatively' ex- hausted. The cost of growing an acre of Strawber- ries under commercial conditions in Oswego county, New York (which is one of the lead- ing Strawberry centers of the North) is ap- proximately as follows: Rent of land, two years $11 00 Plowing and fitting 6 00 Plants 15 00 Setting plants 4 00 Cultivation 10 00 Straw for winter and fniiting mulch 15 00 Laborâhoeing, pulling weeds, etc ]0 00 New varieties of Strawberries are raised from seed with the greatest ease. The generations of Strawberries are short and new varieties soon find favor. The varie- 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 (Fig. 1088, Vol. II). Perhaps the most popular single variety has been the Wilson (Fig. 2420), now practically extinct. The accompanying pictures (Figs. 2421-2425) show types of American Straw
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