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the birds which harbored in the groves ate all the fruit. A neighbor's 

 trees on gravelly soil bear profusely, and the birds do not seriously molest 

 them. It is important to state the kind of soil when giving experiences 

 in fruit-growing, as much depends upon the nature of the soil. 



Mr. Slade — I have supposed that if anything was settled it is the 

 fact that Early Richmond cherry trees will bear on all kinds of soil where 

 the trees will grow. So also with Wilson's Albany strawberry. 



At the meeting of this Society at Dixon, several years since, I spoke 

 favorably of a sweet cherry that I have ; the tree is like May Duke. Mr. 

 Woodard says it is May Duke; but the fruit is sweeter, and is different 

 from May Duke ; too sweet, in fact, for the general market. The tree 

 bears as well, on other grounds than mine, as the Early Richmond. 



I have another sweet cherry tree which is an immense grower, and 

 has not been hurt by the winters. It came from Connecticut as the 

 " Pine-apple " cherry ; the fruit is very large, white, with a blush on one 

 side, and has a slight pine-apple flavor. 



Mr. Piper — There is a heart cherry in my neighborhood, brought 

 from Germany, which is very hardy ; the tree is an upright grower ; the 

 fruit grows in clusters, and is a little smaller than Early Richmond, and 

 nearly black when ripe. 



RASPBERRIES. 



Mr. Piper wished to speak a word about raspberries. He has planted 

 them in rows five feet apart, with the plants two and a half to three feet 

 in the row ; he trims to form of a cone, cultivates with horse between 

 the rows and hoes between the plants. He spoke highly of the Golden 

 Thornless (from Purdy) for canning, as it does not fall to pieces in the 

 cooking as do other varieties. 



Mr. Slade — The Golden Thornless bears well and looks well, but 

 is not of good quality. My family do not want it. 



Mr. Piper remarked that the fruit is more tart when canned than 

 when eaten fresh from the bushes. 



Mr. Albert Dunlap — One plantation of Doolittle raspberries, in 

 Champaign, which was highly manured, produced more than any other 

 in that region. 



Mr. Scott — I have raised various sorts, and have fallen back on the 

 Philadelphia as the most valuable, all things considered. But the worms 

 or birds, no matter which, take our fruits; the birds devour my raspber- 



