. [Fruit culture]. Fig. 11 Fig. 12 19. The Sample strawberry, shown in Fig. 11, is an imper-fect variety. The fruit is handsome, pointed, and regular inshape, and above medium to large in size; the color on firstsight appears to be bright red, but in reality it is a very glossydeep red; the seeds are fairly prominent; the flesh is bright red,juicy, almost watery, subacid, moderately firm, and of mediumquality. The plant is a vigorous grower and productive,with a large number of runners; the foliage is fairly good togood, but is susceptible to disease. The season of ripening ismedium to late. T
. [Fruit culture]. Fig. 11 Fig. 12 19. The Sample strawberry, shown in Fig. 11, is an imper-fect variety. The fruit is handsome, pointed, and regular inshape, and above medium to large in size; the color on firstsight appears to be bright red, but in reality it is a very glossydeep red; the seeds are fairly prominent; the flesh is bright red,juicy, almost watery, subacid, moderately firm, and of mediumquality. The plant is a vigorous grower and productive,with a large number of runners; the foliage is fairly good togood, but is susceptible to disease. The season of ripening ismedium to late. The fruit of this variety is handsome and isborne in abundance. 20. The President, or President Wilder, strawberry, is animperfect variety. The fruit is slightly conic, of the largest size. §15 STRAWBERRIES 15 and the seeds are slightly depressed; the color is an attract-ive, bright scarlet; the flesh is a medium light red, firm, mod-erately juicy, mild in flavor, and of fair to good quality. Theplant is a vigorous
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