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President Dunlap — Mr. Hammond and I saw the Aneient 

 Briton fruiting in Wisconsin this summer on the grounds of 

 Mr. Tattle and I never saw as heavy a crop of blackberries as 

 there was there. He expected 10,000 quarts of berries this 

 summer. He had grown the Snyder on the grounds there and he 

 said he thought the Snyder no comparison to it at all, so far as 

 profit was concerned, and that he had had live crops in as many 

 years. He covered the vines with a light mulch and said that 

 one crop of fruit more than paid for the expense and trouble of 

 mulching. He thought they were as hardy as the Snyder. 



Mr. Dennis — We have been growing the Ancient Briton. The 

 great objection to it is that it is so very tender. You can hardly 

 carry it to the house without its breaking or bleeding. The vine 

 is hardy but the fruit is tender. 



Mr. H. D. Brown — Let's have the dewberry investigated. In 

 my opinion the Lucretia berry is a fraud. 



President Dunlap — The berries I have seen are insipid. They 

 are very large and fine looking, but tasteless. 



Mr. Shank — It depends on the location where the berry is 

 grown. I find that on poor soil it is a success, but when they are 

 on good strong corn land, they are no good; they are like the 

 Kittaninny. You get fine looking berries, but when you come to 

 eat them they are bitter. 



Mr. Beeby — My experience with, the Lucretia is that if you 

 don't catch them just at the right time, you are left. Whenthey 

 are too ripe they are insipid or sour, and two days before that 

 they are tasteless as a corn cob. I think they are a humbug. 



REPORT ON STONE FRUITS. 



BY LOUIS FEESE, COATSBURG. 



My report on stone fruits will not be very complete, as stone 

 fruits have not been fruiting well the past years, with the excep- 

 tion of plums, in this section, Central Illinois. 



Peaches this year have, for the first time since '82, borne a fair 

 crop. Budded peaches were scarce, as farmers and fruit growers 

 have not been setting many the past eleven years. Have fruited 

 on our fruit farm this year Oldmixon Free and Stump ; they are too 

 well known to need description. Fruit from these sold readily at 

 $2.50 per bushel. The early budded peaches rotted on the trees 



