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DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Scott — I very reluctantly tried some of the DeSoto plum. 

 They have borne me three successive crops, and I have had some of 

 them grafted and planted for my own use. I have the DeSoto and 

 Miner planted in the same vicinity; the former has a thicker and 

 more glossy leaf than the Miner and belongs to the Americana 

 family. The Miner belongs to the Chickasaw family. 



Dr. Williams — I had a few very fine plum trees set that 

 bloomed very profusely, but I got no crop. The next year I fumi- 

 gated the trees with sulphur and got a full cro]). T think that it is 

 destructive to the curculio. 



Mr. Kellogg — I have seen the DeSoto plum and it seems to 

 bear younger than the Miner, and continually. T think Mr. Scott is 

 correct on it. 



Mr. Scott — I did not wish to advise general planting of the 

 DeSoto. It has done well with us in our locality and 1 think it 

 worthy of at least a trial; farther than that I do not wish to recom- 

 mend it. 



E. H. Kicker — I would like to call the attention of the Society 

 to a new cherry we have here. The tree has given us a good crop 

 every year that the Richmond has, and proves hardy. It has not 

 been disseminated much as yet. It sells on the market at double the 

 price the Early Richmond does. It is much sweeter and more meaty. 

 Is called Webster's Early Sweet. 



BERRY CULTURE. 



BY E. C. HATHAWAY, OF OTTAWA. 



Mr. President and Members of the Horticultural Societij, of Northern 

 Illinois: 



It is not with any spirit of satisfaction, in view of last year'.s 

 results, that I attempt at this time to relate to you anything new or 

 surprising in relation to berry culture. 



By no new methods employed have we been able to combat suc- 

 cessfully the attacks of the hoary-headed enemy who invaded our 

 plantations last May and June. No new varieties, in ni}'. experience, 

 that have been hardy enough to make a crop when assaulted by a 

 temperature of from six to eight degrees below the freezing point. 



