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fruits, strawberries would be first taken up, and Mr. C. A. Green, ob- 

 taining the floor, spoke upon the new varieties of that fruit. "It was 

 true," he said, " that it took hundreds of years to raise the strawberry^ 

 and now, in a lifetime, more had been done than in centuries before in 

 cultivating that fruit." Mr. Albaugh said that ni Barnes ville, O., a few 

 years ago the residents stopped cultivating tobacco, and now grew 

 strawberries on the hill method. The runners were systematically cut 

 off", and it was claimed that the Shar]iless was the best market berry 

 to raise. "They make an effort," said the speaker, "to never ship a 

 bad berry from their place, and endeavor to get as big strawberries at 

 the bottom of the basket as at the top." Mr. Albaugh spoke of the 

 Ohio strawberries that were as large as hen's eggs, and that wheif any 

 man tried to beat the strawberries raised in Barnesville, O., he wound 

 have to get up early and hustle. The people of Barnesville show what 

 can be accomplished where an effort is made, and the Ohio people are 

 proud of the cultivators on the hills of a town where wheat cannot be 

 raised. Mr. McKay, of Mississippi, said that for a long while in that 

 State it was thought they could grow nothing but Wilson's Albany 

 strawberry but of late they had changed their minds. In the southern 

 soil it was common to lose plants rather than grow them, by spread- 

 ing, especially after an open winter. The Wilson did not give live run- 

 ners but once in three years. The Cumberland Triumph was the best 

 berry raised in the South. The Southern raisers cultivated berries for 

 the North, and their methods of cultivation were necessarily different 

 from what they would be if local markets were supplied. President 

 Earle said that he had shipped long distances, with great success, many 

 of the most delicate varieties of berries. The discussion had not con- 

 cluded when a recess was taken for supper, and it was decided to take 

 up the subject of other small fruits at the evening session. 



The small fruit discussion was reopened by Mr. Mathew Crawford^ 

 of Cuyahoga Falls, O., who related some of his experiences in growing- 

 strawberries. Prof. Green, of the Agricultural experiment station at 

 Columbus, O., described a number of new varieties of strawberries. 

 The Jewel, he thought, was not a vigorous plant, but the fruit was all 

 right. The Summit and Buback varieties were new and promising, 

 The Jessie was also very vigorous and healthy, and the fruit large, 

 good in color, and of excellent flavor. The May King was very promis- 

 ing and ripened about the same season as did the Crescent. Covill's 

 early berry ripened earlier than the Crescent, but the fruit was small, 

 rather too small for the markets. The Ontario plants were vigorous, 



