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Mr. Grouse advocated the theory of good culture and cutting back, 

 as the true way to grow the raspberry and blackberry, and insisted tliat 

 much larger crops of better fruit could be obtained in that way. He 

 mentioned several varieties — Alammoth Cluster, Doolittle Black Cap, 

 Franconia, Philadelphia, etc. — tliat were doing well in his grounds. 



Mr. Willis grows the Ohio Everbearing chiefly. Believes in deep 

 culture, thorough culture, and mulching. By this method he gets a fair 

 crop all summer. Has tried the Catawissa, the Red Antwerp, Philadel- 

 phia, etc. Thinks the Ohio is preferable to all otliers. 



President Hammond expressed the opinion that cutting back was the 

 true theory, in most cases, but would not cut the Lawton blackberry 

 so much. He believed that it had a great influence in causing the wood 

 to harden, and thus prevent winter killing. 



August 31. 



Meeting held at the Golden Blufl' vineyard of A. H. and G. B. 

 Worthen, four miles below Warsaw. The Messrs. Worthen have twen- 

 ty-three acres in gi'apes, including the vineyards of T. A. W. and A. H. 

 W. Junior, and from their respective vineyards there were upon the table 

 twenty-nine varieties, viz: 



Rogers' Nos. i, 3, 4, 5, 9, 15, and 19, Martha, To-Kalon, Ives' Seed- 

 ling, Concord, North Carolina Seedling, Diana, Clinton, lona, Israella, 

 Maxatawney, Creveling, Oporto, Perkins, Logan, Blood's Black, Tayloi-'s 

 BuUit, Norton's Virginia, Dracut Amber, Isabella, Miles, Delaware, and 

 Catawba. 



The vote taken on the quality of the grapes present resulted as fol- 

 lows : 



Delaware, best; lona, second; Rogers No. 3, third. There were also 

 votes for Rogers No. 15, and MaxataAvney. 



December 7. 



report ok committee on orchards. 



The Committee on Orchards, witli the limited opportunities for col- 

 lecting information allowed diem, will merely make the following state- 

 ments : 



appi.es. 



With respect to apples, regarding both quality and profit, they will 

 say that the question, what are the best varieties for summer, fall, and 

 winter marketing, may still be an open one, requiring furtlier experience 

 to settle. As a general statement, the Earl)' Harvest and Red Astrachan 

 among the early summer; Maiden's Blush and Rambo among the fall, 

 and Ben Davis, Willow Twig, Rawles' Janet, and Winesap among the 

 winter sorts, with some have proved most successful, while in some of 

 our largest orchards, especially that of Mr. McCune, Red Canada, and 

 Prj'or's Red, have also proved very satisfactory. With Mr. A. C. Ham- 



