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market berry to raise. " They make an effort to never ship a bad berry from 

 their place, and endeavor to get as big strawberries at the bottom of the basket 

 as at tbe top." Mr. Albaugh spoke of the Ohio strawberries that were as large 

 as hen's eggs, and that when any man tried to beat the strawberries raised in 

 Barnesville, 0., he would have to get up early and hustle. The people of 

 Barnesville show what can be accomplished where an effort is made, and the 

 Qhio people are proud of the cultivators on the hills of a town where wheat 

 can not be raised. Tbe soil was not rich. Success flavors of the statement 

 made by the sand-hiller of Florida, when asked what the soil was worth there. 

 " Soil ain't worth nothin', but the climate is worth about 1100 an acre." 



Mr. McKay said that they used to think they could grow nothing but Wilson 

 in his State, but the Cumberland Triumph was now regarded best. They 

 shipped to the North, to Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, etc., and get 25 to 30 

 cents per quart. Miner's Prolific and Sharpless do well. 



Prof. Green, of the Ohio experiment station, said the Jewell strawberry was a 

 fine fruit, and promises to market well. Bubach No. 5 also bids fair to excel. 

 These were foremost among the newer kinds. 



Mr. Smith, of Wisconsin, spoke highly of the Jesse. It was large, one 

 measured nine inches in circumference, grown in light gravelly loam, clay 

 subsoil. 



Mr. Crawford said the Jesse, all things considered, was the best berry he ever 

 raised. 



Mr. Albaugh spoke of a new berry called the Western Union, originated by 

 a gentleman from Dayton. The foliage is large, strong and very healthy, and 

 the fruit is excellent. 



Mr. Myrick spoke of a new berry in Massachusetts, called the Gold, which 

 took a silver medal at the last meeting of the Massachusetts horticultural 

 association. 



President Earle made some remarks on the devastation made on berries by a 

 certain small insect called the tarnished plant bug. It is causing great havoc 

 among plants in general and berries in particular. He asked for information 

 as to how its ravages might be checked. The ruin caused by this bug in Illi- 

 nois amounts to over half a million of dollars during the last season. No one 

 seemed to be able to give the desired information. 



Mr. Smith always puts his strawberries in soil that has previously been so- 

 thorough ly worked over that it is almost impossible for insects to live in it. 

 Thus he avoids all annoyance from such pests. 



Mr. Myrick said that the cut-worm, which does great damage in Massa- 

 chusetts, is destroyed by dipping the roots, previous to setting out, in a weak 

 solution of Paris green or London purple. 



A number of gentlemen testified enthusiastically to the excellent qualities of 

 the Lucretia blackberry or dewberry. It seems to be very much in favor in 

 the south of Ohio. Messrs. Albaugh & Son, of Covington, Ky., are the origi- 

 nators of this variety. Mr. Caywood, of New York, spoke in glowing terms of 

 a blackberry which he originated himself. He says no berry can come up to 

 the Minnewaska. So far, its yield and qualities are unparalleled. 



A paper on "Horticultural Associations," by J. G. Kingsbury, of the 

 Indiana Farmer, was read by Prof. Troop, of Purdue university. The paper 



