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the progeny of sucli strawberries every time. When the 

 Manchester was originated they found it growing on the 

 sea shore in the sand and was said to be from the Wilson 

 or There is not a dropof the Wilson or in the Man- 

 chester, I am just as well satisfied of that as that I have 



planted it. It was supposed to be a cross of the and 



Manchester; I know that is utterly impossible. The Man- 

 chester has the blood of the Cumberland Triumph or of the 

 Green Prolific. There is no question of it. 



President Smith — The discussion may now be carried 

 on for a few moments by other members. Mr. Stickney is 

 called for. 



Mr. Stickney — I don't know as I have anything of in- 

 terest to say to the persons present. My interest in this 

 points towards these thoughts: The work; the necessary 

 labor of undertaking such a work as this; the encourage- 

 ments the discouragements that would lead a man through 

 a series of years, from one generation to another, raising a 

 hundred plants, transplanting them and watching them for 

 one or two years; and then throw away ninety of them; and 

 then, mind jou, there is to be another sifting. Suppose to- 

 day you have on this table one hundred varieties that you 

 have tested with some care, and this has to be done again. 

 After sifting out ninety per cent., ten per cent, is all that 

 will ever come back to you. Patience is pretty well illus- 

 trated in that. Mr. Loudon said it was a labor of love. 



Mr. Loudon — If I was to save these plants I throw away, 

 any of them will beat the Wilson in quality, but I never 

 produced a berry that will carry like the Wilson. 



Mr. Stickney — That is very hard to do. There never has 

 been a berry that is so hard. But to get back to the point; 

 when a new strawberry is introduced at a dollar a plant, or 

 five or six dollars a dozen, we never have had sight of the long 

 continued labor necessary to produce this variety, but think 

 that somebody is getting rich pretty rapidly. I think, you 

 that have heard Mr. Loudon talk this morning, will change 

 your mind a little, and think that a dollar is only a moder- 

 ate price. The possibilities of one plant in one year are so 

 great that the money is well expended. Anything that is 



