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President Dennis said the strawl)erry crop of the past year was 

 Iv^ht. but prices excejjtionally good. Raspberries also light, although 

 Turner was the best for years. This is one of the varieties that 

 every farmer should i)lant for his own use. The canes have been 

 injured by the cold, and the next crop will be light. Among black- 

 berries, the Snyder, as usual, did the best, although the Kittatinny 

 was fair. Canes are l^adly injured, and we shall have nothing but 

 Snyders this season. 



H. D. Brown read the following report upon nurseries: The 

 winter of 1881-*82 was mild, and the S])ring opened very favoral)ly 

 for nursery stock. The supply on hand was sold before the season 

 for planting was over, the amount being the shortest of the past ten 

 years. The season of 1882 was too wet for trees in the nursery to 

 nuike a good stalky growth. The consequence is a light su])])ly for 

 s[»ring sales. The Ben Davis is still the leading variety of apples in 

 denumd, but unfortunately the variety of trees produced does not 

 make much difference, since the nursery business has gone largely 

 into the dealer's trade, and if you can only snp])ly him with a good 

 growing tree, the average dealer will make you any variety you may 

 call for. The fact is the local nurseryman can hardly live or get rid 

 of his stock, unless he wholesales to a dealer, or hires an unscru])u- 

 lous agent. The result is that many small nurseries are either 

 growing stock for the dealer or going to the wall, and the reason is 

 because the average planter (not the experienced horticulturist) will 

 give his order rather than go in person to a known and reliable nur- 

 serv. Cherry, pear and ])each trees are scarce, and those standing in 

 the nursery, in this region, are injured by the winter, while apple 

 trees, evergreens and ornamental stock are in fair condition and 

 su]»iily. The mercury has been ranging 20° degrees below zero, yet 

 the protection given by a foot of snow may save many of our plants. 



Mr. Hammond read a letter from D. H. Simmons, of this coun- 

 ty, saying that he prf)]iosed to jdant five hundred apple trees in the 

 s])ring, for market, family, and feeding purposes, and requesting a 

 list of varieties most suitable. He wanted two-thirds winter and 

 one-third early varieties, one-half of the latter to be sweet, from early 

 to late, for stock-feeding, and wished to limit Ben Davis to one hun- 

 dred. He (Hammond) submitted the following list as the best that 

 could be done under the circumstances, l)ut with the remark that it 

 was unsatisfactory, and that under similar circumstances he should 

 ])lant at least 250 Ben Davis: — Sweet June 5, Sweet Bough 5. (Jol- 

 den Sweet 15, Bailey Sweet 15, Winter Sweet Paradise 15, Striped 

 Sweet Pippin 15. Tallman Sweet 15, Early Harvest 8. Red June 



