Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-04-15
THE MEXICAN EyER-BEARIN @
STRAWBERRY PLANT

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Wasa..uzheisz1uhsua.s.sss~i-6yuzeJ Jsaupxl
Mexico. in the Fall Of the year 1858. but
one of the plants survived the Journey Fro.fl
this one plant the present extensire pisnta-
tion Of Messrs J. P. WHirrsa d Co !, has been
propagated. Four years ago Mr.. Fenelon
Scranton. Of .blndeer AennQe. CalltY. Nichir
gan, had patch abaut tv0rods square, when
Mr.. 9. B. French (who is pfacticsl nursery
man) frat saw them. and immediately made
eOntsfd ~ ~ sgntse tsfsYpsr,e the
public. J. p WHITING 4 Co. now have q
large, tlaatation Of thfifty plsuts which are
offered to the public for the first time, with
full confidence sthat they will be found al
that Is required in algood straw berry, either
for the home garden, the market garden, or
the more extensive Plsntation-5s II
frs HARDfN Ess.i
The plant came from the niouatia ange
in the State Of Vera Cruz, Mexico. ia the i'm
mediate vicinity of sJaspA, which is some
i've thousand feet above the level of the sea,
and few ules, westand northr from the
City Of Very Cruz. Many of the mountains
in thi, region, are perPssuaiF royefed Fith
snow fhnt will scebant for tho extreme
hardness of the plant, and shows why it
has succeeded SO well in this Northern State.
1t does not wiHter-kill, being entirely unlike
most, if not, ell fsRsiliss varieties of the
strawberry; while the Mexican shows green
and thrifty fruit stalks aud leaves when the
snow goes off in the Spring, the others show
scarcely sny signs of life. N-'
IT'S PRoLLE4coo oUALITIgs.
The single plant, or crown, formsa stool.
similar to the garlic. the potato onion, and
plants of that nature. While the parent
crown is lowering aud bearing fruit, new
crowns are being formeds sending forth new
fruit stalks, which, in their turn, blossom md
bear fruit. These stools or crowns often
cover surface of from twelve to fifteen inches
in diameter. The stools may be readily sep.
arated, as the roots are nearly tuberous.--
They may also be propagated by runnersS !
which form stools and bear fruit the same sea.
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THE FRUIT. +.
The plant is bi,sexual. very perfect in its
blossoms. andieachl bios som perieets q berry.
The size of the fruit is rather above the av-
erage, being neither small. nor yet q man.
moth. q7'he fruit stalks stand erect, are of a
good length, and stsunch enough to support
its burden Of fruit without permitting It to
droop,into the dirt. The favor is rich and
aromatic in a remarkable dsgree.s The supe-
rior excellence Of this variety was first dis
covered 10 Mr., French sby the grateful fra
GRANGE Of the fruit. The flesh is solid ,smelt-
ing but firm, and as berry fer transporta-
tion it has no superior. Its form is On ir-
regular conical; its color a bright scarlet;
the calix parts readily from the fruit; in this
respect it is nearly, as free as theraspberry.
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ooNTINU on BEARER.
ly, but continuously Ripe berries have been
picked as early as the twelty-eighth day of
May, and continuously from that time until
the eighth of November 1t would be re-
garded AA very produetise if it yielded but
one crop (like other plants during the season;
but in bearing continuouslY,;it has decided
advantages over all other known vaffeties.
Soil seems to make but little difference
with the plant, 1t has been successfully
cultivated on sandy land, on grayelly loan,
and on nearly pure clay land; the better the,
soil the morelthrifty ths plant, and the more
abundant and better the fruit.
1t may be trsnsplsnted ct any season with
satisfactory results. When bed is once set,
there is no need Of disturbing it for years.
The stools are constantly enlarging and
will cover the, ground. completely, without
interfering with the productiyene.s of the
plant 17 e .B&S
For further particulars, and for plants, ap-
ply 10 80 rsl
A. p. Menager, Agent,
GALLIPoEIs, OHIO, .
April Is, lS69.-lm. .,r.