. Success with small fruits . earlier Bishop of Ely says : The strawberry grows underneath the nettle,And wholesome berries thrive and ripen bestNeighbored by fruit of baser quality. And this, probably, is still true, for the Alpine and Wood strawberriestend to reproduce themselves with such unvarying exactness that cultiva-tion makes but little difference. All these allusions apply to the F. Vcsca or Alpine species, andlittle advance was made in strawberry culture in Europe until after theintroduction of other species more capable of variation and , attempts were made from ti
. Success with small fruits . earlier Bishop of Ely says : The strawberry grows underneath the nettle,And wholesome berries thrive and ripen bestNeighbored by fruit of baser quality. And this, probably, is still true, for the Alpine and Wood strawberriestend to reproduce themselves with such unvarying exactness that cultiva-tion makes but little difference. All these allusions apply to the F. Vcsca or Alpine species, andlittle advance was made in strawberry culture in Europe until after theintroduction of other species more capable of variation and , attempts were made from time to time. As the Alpine differedsomewhat from the Wood strawberry, they were brought to Englandabout 200 years later than the tragedy of Lord Hastings death, which hasbeen referred to. In connection with the White and Red Wood and Alpine straw-berries, we find in 1623 the name of the Hautbois or Haarbeer straw-berry, the Fragaria elatior of the botanists. This second species, a native Stra zvberries—Origin and History 39. • ??^1^^^
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