20 ANNUAL ‘REPORT. 
AFTERNOON. 
Meeting was called to order at 1:30. 
The motion to recommend Charles Downing and Green Prolific 
was referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. Abernethy, El- 
liot and Harris, who presently reported, favoring a recommendation 
by the society for general cultivation by amateurs of the Charles 
Downing late and prolific; Downer’s Prolific, medium early and 
prolific; Triomphe de Gand for large berries and fine flavor; 
Brooklyn Scarlet for flavor. 
The report was accepted and adopted. 
Varieties Recommended. 
The action of the Society on strawberries was therefore as 
follows : 
Recommended for general cultivation for market: 
Wilson’s Albany. 
Recommended for general cultivation by amateurs: 
Charles Downing, late and prolific. 
Downer’s Prolific, medium early and Prolific. 
Triomphe de Gand, for large berries and fine flavor. 
Brooklyn Scarlet, for flavor. 
Obituaries. 
Judge Baker moved the appointment of a permanent committee 
on obituaries, this committee to consist of Messrs. Stevens, Loring 
and Nutting. Motion carried. 
Transactions. 
Here followed a discussion on the report of the Secretary of the 
Society for last year. Mr. Loring moved the appointment of a 
committee to wait upon the Secretary of last year and request his 
notes of the proceedings of the Society to be published in the 
Transactions of the Society. Motion carried, and Mr. C. M. Loring 
appointed. 
