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and froze easily. Docs not ripen well, and is not productive 

 with him. Does not compare with the Delaware or Concord. 



Mr. Linderman moved that the Concord be stricken from 

 the list of the society as a grape recommended for general 

 cnltivation. 



Mr. Schermerhorn said he had two hives of bees close by his 

 grapes, but they never had been injured by them yet. 



Mr. Glenn said that the prices of grapes in Chicago were in 

 favor of the Delaware. 



Mr. Whitney moved that the motion of Mr. Linderman be 

 laid on the table for the present, and referred to a committee 

 of three to report at the next meeting. 



Mr. Holt of Cascade exhibited some very fine specimens of 

 the Cayuga Redstreak, and some Beurre Diel and Vicar of 

 Winkfield pears, and a Sweet Bough apple that had been kept 

 till the present time. 



The President then introduced the resolution relative to 

 changing the entry cards at fairs, and called on Mr. John- 

 stone, Secretary of the State Agricultural Society, to give his 

 opinion on the propriety of the change. 



Mr. Johnstone said that he had visited several county fairs 

 this year, and had found nothing in the entry cards save the 

 number of the entry and the name of the class upon them, 

 and that under the circumstances it was almost impossible to 

 gain any information that was at all satisfactory. The agricult- 

 ural and horticultural exhibitions were held for two purposes. 

 One of these was for giving information to the public, in 

 relation to what was being done in the district over which the 

 society extended, and there were two methods of giving this 

 information. The first of these was by the personal inspection 

 of visitors, who were expected to come to such exhibitions, 

 and whose contributions aid the societies in bearing their 

 expenses and in paying their premiums. The other was 

 through the press, which printed reports and gave such infor- 



