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Mr. Somerville: I have nothing on my place that does bet- 

 ter than the Red Dutch. 



Dr. Prisselle: I object to the Red Dutch because it is a poor 

 currant and does not sell as well as other currants. The Stew- 

 art Seedling will bring a dollar a bushel more than the Red 

 Dutch, and I think it should be cultivated rather than the Red 

 Dutch. I do not believe, because the Red Dutch has been culti- 

 vated a long time and has been grown a long time, we should 

 continue it on the list. 



Mr. Elliot: I furnished Dr. Frisselle the Stewart Seedling 

 and some other varieties, but on account of its short bunches it 

 will not produce as much as the red Dutch. 



Prof. Pendergast: I fruited one year about eight different 

 kinds. There is not one left but the Red Dutch. They were 

 planted on a sandy subsoil, and I am satisfied that on the prai- 

 rie west of us there is nothing in the shape of currants that 

 will do as well as the Red Dutch. 



Mr. Pearce: To strike out the Red Dutch from the list of 

 currants would be like the play of Hamlet with Hamlet left out. 



Mr. Richardson: In our part of the state the Red Dutch is 

 ahead of anything else. 



Mrs. E. B. Crooker: We had a great many Red Dutch, but a 

 leaf blight attacked them, and the leaves all dropped off, and a 

 great many were left without a leaf on the bush, and a large 

 amount was lost. Mr. Satterlee had some Red Dutch, and he 

 dug them all up. 



On motion of Mr. Elliot, the list was adopted. 



Mr. Wedge: "Gooseberries: Houghton and Downing." 



On motion of Mr. Smith, the list was adopted. 



Dr. Frisselle: We used to see a large gooseberry exhibited 

 by a man from Richfield; I want to know if that is a good kmd. 



Mr. Elliot: I suppose he has reference to the exhibit of the 

 Triumph gooseberry I made at the summer meeting. That has 

 been on my ground only three years. This year is the first 

 year it has come into bearing to any extent, and if it continues 

 to bear as well as it did this year I shall be in favor of recom- 

 mending it for cultivation, but for the present I should recom- 

 mend it only for trial. The Downing is not adapted to sandy 

 soil. The Houghton will do well on sandy soil or on clay soil. 

 While some object to its size, it has a fineness of quality you 

 cannot obtain in the larger gooseberry. 



On motion of Mr. Harris, the Triumph and Red Jacket were 

 placed on the list of gooseberries for trial. 



