The Tree Strawberry.

Manawatu Herald, 11 February 1896, Page 3

The Tree Strawberry.

We have previously mentioned this new plant. We now are able to give the fall particulars as published in Tht MayjlowtT \ — lt is a beautiful dwarf plant, growing only 15 to 18 inches high, which inhabit resembles a Raspberry and by some ia known as the Strawberry-Raspberry. Tbe plant itself is handsome. Its bright green foliage ia unlike that of any other Baspberry and resembles that of the Hose, while its pure white, wax-like flowers are larger than single Roses. It is sufficiently showy to be grown as a flowering plant in pots, as it bears flowers and fruit when only a few inches high. The fruits, pro duced vA'y early. in the season, stand well out of tbe foliage, and are thus easily gathered. They are the size and shape of large Strawberries and we entirely distinct from any Raspframes... Ia- developing they pass from pale green through amber and orange to a brilliant and shining red. These beautiful berries, glowing against the handsome green foliage, produce a most striking color effect. Their flavor is most delicious and unique, differing from that of any other fruit known. The bush dies down to the ground in the fall, there/ore rf quiring no protection whatever. In the ppring it grows up more luxuriant than ever. Plants can be divided and transplanted for propagation. It i« of Japanese origin, and, so far, is unknown to botanists. This remarkable novelty has bepn highly commended in the Hortic.iitural Trade Journal and other horti cultural publications. As a pot plant it is beautiful, the flowers and fruit * being produced on the plants while they are yet qnite small. Moreover, they continue to appear throughout a long season, go, that the plant is almost continuouply in fruit or flower. In this shape they make , very fine decorative plants for the table. ■