Appleton Meeting. G5 



APPLETON MEETING. 



At 2 P. M. of July 13 the conventioQ assembled in Bertschy's 

 Hall, and was called to order by President Smith. The president 

 in opening the session stated in explanation of the late date at 

 which the meeting was fixed, that the time for a number of weeks 

 had been so occupied with public meetings in Appleton, that it 

 was not possible to call the meeting at an earlier date, with any 

 prospect of inducing people to attend, and even now he greatly 

 feared that the surfeit of literary entertainments they had enjoyed, 

 would keep many from coming to the present meeting. lie hoped 

 that those who had come would do what they could to make it 

 interesting and profitable, and that all might derive much benefit, 

 though few in numbers. 



S^iALL Fruits. — As some of the members who were to read 

 papers had not arrived, it was proposed as a very appropriate 

 subject for consideration at this time, to talk over the season's 

 experience in small fruits while fresh in mind. The president 

 said that raspberries with him promised a fine crop. A few 

 years ago he obtained some plants that were highly recommended 

 from Ohio. They had not borne until the present season, but 

 now promise a fine crop of large fruit. Would like to learn 

 the name and the experience of the members if they had tried it. 

 He thought it a good time to consider the strawberry question, 

 and would call for experience with the Crescent. 



Mr. Wood had set a few rows of the Crescent a year ago. The 

 vines grew well ; after the ground was frozen up in early winter 

 he covered these rows with green maple and basswood chips. He 

 did not put them on very thick, but the vines were all covered. 

 He covered some rows of other kinds in the same way, but all 

 kinds thus covered were killed. There were some runners of the 

 Crescent outside of the covering. Tneseall lived and bore nearly 

 all the fruit he had had this season. The Crescent bore best with 

 him, the Green Prolific was next. 



Mr. Peiler's experieoce had been nearly the same with that of 

 Mr. Wood. All the vines covered were killed, others lived. The 

 -covering, marsh hay, was put on about the 20th of December. 



5 — HORT. 



