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the members in regard to the hardiness of the Philadelphia. It 

 had killed with him and with others in the vicinity of Madison. 



Mr. Stickney said that in the fifteen years he had cultivated it, 

 it had killed down three times, and had also been occasionally 

 injured. It was apt to kill back, especially where a late growth 

 was made the previous fall. He thought that we could calculate 

 on three full crops out of every five, with a partial crop the fourth 

 season. 



Mr. Plumb called on Mr. Stone to give his experience with this 

 and other varieties, to which Mr. t Stone replied, that he had grown 

 the Philadelphia side by side with the Turner and the Brandy- 

 wine for nearly eight years, and did not regard it as hardy, or of 

 as good quality as either of these varieties. In years when all 

 were injured, the Philadelphia was killed back the farthest and 

 was sometimes injured when the others escaped. He had also 

 raised the Miami and Doolittle for eight years, and he had invari- 

 ably found that the Miami killed back in hard winters more than 

 the Doolittle. He was well pleased with the Gregg ; the fruit was 

 large and the quality excellent, 



Mr. Plumb moved to amend the list by striking out " Folstaft" 

 and Brinkle's Orange, if protected in winter," and by adding the 

 " Gregg for trial," which was carried. 



Motion was made by Mr. Kellogg to add the Cuthbert ; also 

 Carried. 



The lists as amended stand : 



For General Cultivation — Miami, Doolittle, Philadelphia, 

 Turner, Brandywine. 



For Trial — Gregg, Cuthbert, 



Mr. Plumb thought that we ought to recommend a list of black- 

 berries, at least for trial. They were increasing in importance 

 every year, and were destined, he believed, soon to be one of the 

 leading varieties of the small fruits raised for the market. There 

 were large quantities of them now sent to market, but there is 

 rarely, if ever, an over supply, and good prices are realized. A 

 very great quantity can be sold fresh, and in the dry state there 

 is a good demand for them. As they are very productive when 

 the}' - do bear, if we can prevent the bushes from winter killing, it 

 will be. profitable to raise the fruit even at low prices. 



