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Slimmer to see tlie Jessie. On its native gronutl it certainly did 

 make a creditable showing. At that time the ground was very- 

 dry and there were cracks in the ground large enough to put 

 your hand down among the plants. The berries were large; 

 they would average as large as Sharpless and of better form. 

 One was brought to me measuring nine inches or perhaps 

 eight and seven-eighths inches. That was quite a perfectly 

 formed berry and I think I could' have picked bushels, if neces- 

 sary, without taking any that measured less than four inches 

 in circumference, and from that to six. The quality I thought 

 very fair, but not as good as one or two other varieties he is 

 testing. 



The question in regard to that fruit resolves itself simply 

 to this: Will it do as well away from home as it does on its 

 native grounds ? New strawberries are usually sent out with 

 flaming posters, but it is a fact that a variety often does well in 

 its native home when under other conditions it may prove to be 

 entirely worthless; it may fail entirely when taken away from its 

 home. Boy den IsTo. 30 is an instance; it made a remarkable 

 growth and was the wonder of the place at home and the fruit 

 sold for enormous prices; and yet, on land only twenty miles 

 away, it was not worth ground room; it was an utter failure. 

 I don't say this will be the case with the Jessie. 



Mr, Crawford, of Ohio, and myself were perhaps the only ones 

 who had any of the plants previous to last year, and he told me 

 they were doing very well indeed and promised well. Mr. Chas. 

 A. Green, of New York, has the distribution of the plants and 

 has lately come out with a circular setting forth their merits 

 and using my name rather freely. I wish to say that if the plant 

 does as well all over the country as those I saw last summer 

 were doing, that it will prove a very great accession to our 

 strawberry list. 



I don't want to injure the berry, but I wish to say here that I 

 have not been satisfied with the way it has acted on my grounds; 

 there may be a reason for it that I don't know of, and I shall try 

 it further. In firmness the berries are not equal to Wilson, but 

 will bear shipping with Crescent and are much better in quality. 



President Elliot. Will you state what kind of soil Mr. Louden 

 has« 



Mr. J. M. Smith. I think most of it is oak openings. They 

 made a magnificent showing on his ground and I have nothing 

 to take back from what our society said of them. 



