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Hathaway — Have distributed seedlings, wash, mix with sand and sow at once, used 

 a spent hot bed, sowed tlie seed, wet down, covered the bed, corner up in ten days, 

 kept shaded when necessary, by middle of September had as nice plants as from old 

 beds, last of June or lirst of July. 



Mexican Everbearing Strawberry . Build — Have eaten the fruit, old red Alpine, 

 watched the habit itc. ilo not believe that it is a new species, have produced abun- 

 dantly. 



Rice — Have liad it in A\'estern New York for over twenty years, grows wild in 

 New Y'ork, in swamps and marshes, berry not half the size. 



Edwards — Twenty years ago had a strawberry in New Yoi"k, called mammoth 

 Alpine. 



"Wier — Had it last Spring, tended it thoroughly, got small fruit, sour. 



Lipsey — Had it last week in Indiana in fruit at fair, discarded it. 



McAfee— Is evidently the same species (Fragaria Vesca) as our wild Ijerries of Wis- 

 consin, fruit small, insipid and small fruitage. 



Dr. Warder — Have seen it under fu\ orable cirt'umstances, a variety of Fragaria 

 Yesca, distinct rcniarkal)le instance. 



Bubach— Think we had the same berry twelve or tifteen years ago. Mr. Wilson had 

 bloom, green and ripe fruit. 



Hathaway — Referred to the honesty of the disseminators and those who have seen 

 them. 



ItESOHTi'OX. 



Resolved, That we, Uie lueiubevs of tlie N'oftlieni Illinois Horticultural Society, have tested the 

 strawberry liuown as tlie Mexican Everbearing, under tlie most lavorable circunistiiuces, and lliat 

 we find in it uotliing new or valuable, and consider it even valueless, other llian as a curiosity for the 

 curious amateur; and would recommend that the people let it and its disseminators severely alone, 

 and lieep their money in their pockets! 



Adopted unanimously. 



Raspberries, McAfee— By proper pruning the crop can be doubled, pinch oil tlirce 

 or four canes when they are 8 inches high, and the laterals at one foot long— remove 

 berry wood next Spring. The nearer you can get the fruit to the ground the better. 

 In the row three feet apart. 



^V'eir — Agree with last speaker. 



Purple Cane F., Philadelphia F., Minnesota Amlter F. , and M. Doolittle, McCor- 

 mick, Davison's, Thornless. McAfee— Moved that McCormick and Davison's, Thorn- 

 less, be atlded to list, so done, 



Canada Black Cap — Lipsey asked for information of this berry, grows more in clus- 

 ters, a little larger. 



Hathaway— The growth of the cane is similar to the wild, have not fruited it. 



Blackberry— McAfee moved the list remain as now stands. The Kittatinny the only 

 one. 



Rice— Says Barns Bros, considers the Lawton the better berry. 



Bryant— Don't wish for a better berry than this when ripe. 



Dunlap— With the same treatment as directed by Mc.\tee, on open prairie, has done 

 well without winter killing, while others protected were killed. 



Hathawaj-- Sowed grass among my blackberries, and got plenty of berries; unless 

 covered there is no. 



