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of all strawberry plants." I trust you will raise secdliii,^ straw- 

 berries extensively this season. I am convinced that hermaph- 

 rodites, perfect in both male and female organs, and bearinr^ large 

 crops of very large fruit, will be more frequently produced than we 

 have expected, and plants raised, not only equal, but superior to 

 what I deem the most valuable of all Strawberries our Prolific. — 

 Hard as times are in these Democratic, no-bank days of ours, T will 

 give you S25, to pay as a premium for a new seedling hermaphrodite, 

 superior, in your opinion, to the Prolific, and a large sum for a 

 pistillate, bearing a full crop, and equal in size and quality to Mc- 

 Avoy's Superior, when it is not injured by a want of impregnation. 

 You will discover from some bunches of the Extra Red that I send 

 you, how badly they are impregnated for want of insects. I send 

 three perfect berries. How much larger berries have you ever seen 

 of Mr. PKiNca'sprixe-plants that he sells at 05 or |8 per dozen ? I 

 send you one berry of " Boyden Seedling." It is a hermaphrodite. 

 Mr. Boyden resides in Newark, New Jersey, and is one of the 

 best machinists of that State, and, though poor, perhaps not worth 

 §800, did not charge from $5 to $8 per dozen for plants ; in fact, 

 absolutely refused all pay, and proffered all I desired. He is not a 

 member of the Peabody contract ! Respectfully, 



N. LONGWORTH. 



Pursuant to the request contained in Mr. Long^vouth's communi- 

 cation, a special committee of three, consisting of Messrs. Warder, 

 Hoofer and Pentland, was appointed to report thereon. 



Colonel Caldwell, as Chairman of the Council, reported the 

 Premium List for 1857, which was received and ordered to be 

 printed. 



Mr. Mears moved to appoint a committee of three to inquire into 

 and report upon the present restrictions upon the fruit market of 

 Cincinnati, which motion was carried. On division thirteen votes 

 affirmative to ten negative, and Messrs. Foots, White and Mullet 

 were appointed. 



On motion of Dr. Mo-her, it was ordered that, on next Saturday, 

 the Society begin the exhibition of Strawberries and Cherries for 

 premiums, under the schedule of the premium list, and that the ex- 

 hibition be continued weekly during the season of the fruits respect- 

 ively, for final award of the premiums. 



FHriT EXHIBITION. 



Mrs. Maxwell presented some curious and interesting produc- 

 tions of Cuba. Among others, a species of Potato, something sim- 

 ilar to the Yam, which had vigorously sprouted in her trunk during 

 the voyage. A queer place, that— a lady's band-box — to grow 



