278 ANNUAL REPORT. 



Col. Stevens. I have seen that variety growing in Olmsted 

 and Rice counties. 



Mr. Smith. Who was growing them in Rice County! 



Col. Stevens. I saw them growing at Morristown. 



Mr. Smith. I have had many persons tell me they had them, 

 and when I came to examine them, found they had the Seneca 

 Blackcaps. Orders are often filled with the Seneca. 



Mr. Gideon. I got mine from a nursery in St. Louis, and jjart 

 of them from Ohio. I would remark here, that we planted a 

 patch which faced to the south, in a very warm situation, and 

 the canes killed back in the winter; we grew a i^atch on a north- 

 ern exposure, and they did amazingly well. 



Mr. Latham. I planted some of the Gregg Blackcaps several 

 years ago, in parallel rows with the Doolittle, which have done 

 well with me for fifteen years. They made a good growth the 

 first year; the next year they killed down to the snow, and we 

 have picked, perhaps, a pint of berries from a row one hundred 

 and fifty feet long. The next year they were killed entirely, and 

 I think I had the genuine Gregg. 



Mr. Whipple. I know of at least ten persons who have the 

 Gregg on the banks of Minnetonka. It is a large, showy berry, 

 but not as good as the Doolittle. It needs different cultivation 

 to succeed well, and my experience is that we cannot raise as 

 much fruit from it as from the Doolittle, and not nearly so good; 

 but still we can raise a showy berry that will outsell the Doolittle 

 in the market, by the quart. 



Turner was adopted; ten for, none against. 



Philadelx)hia, adopted; eight for, three against. 



Cuthbert, adopted; thirteen for, none against. 



President Smith said the plants of the Hansell were too high, 

 but they might recommend it for trial, 



CURRANTS. 



Bed. Red Dutch, adopted; eleven for, none against. 



Victoria, adopted; eight for, none against. 



White. White Grape, adopted; nine for, none against. 



Black. Black IS'aples, adopted; three for, two against. 



Fortrial, Stewart's Seedling, adopted; eleven for, none against. 



Sias' Seedling, adopted; two for, none against. 



Prince Albert, adopted; nine for, none against. 



