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and see a new strawberry called Durand's seedling, in bearing, 

 which is thought bj- Seth Boyden, the originator of Green Prolific, 

 A<rriculturist and others, to excel them. 



Strawberry Exhibition at H.iMMOMTOx, N. J. 



Mr. Solon Robinson from the committee to visit Hammonton. X. 

 J., made the following report : 



In making this report, I have not been able to submit it to other 

 members of the committee, but from what I have previously 

 learned from them, I am pretty sure it will meet their unanimous 

 approval. If not, let any one speak, and his objections shall be 

 considered. 



The committee was composed of twenty members of this club, 

 not lacking in capacity of observation, and not easily influenced 

 in their judgment by anything but tangible facts. It embraced in 

 its composition five of the six gentlemen who visited and reported 

 upon Southwest Jersey last autunni, to wit : Dr. Triml^lc and P. 

 T. Quinn, Newark; E. Williams, Montclair, N. J.; John G. Ber- 

 o-en and Solon Robinson, New York, and among the others I may 

 mention Charles Downing, Newburgh, N. Y.; A. S. Fuller, Ridge- 

 wood, N. J.; G. G. Bergen, L. I.f Dr. Crowcll, New York ; Dr. 

 J. V. C. Smith, Boston; Isaac Hicks and brother, L. I.; John 

 Tamer, publisher of The American Farmer^ Rochester, N. Y.; Mr. 

 Allison, editor of The Working Farmer, New York, and others 

 though of less distinction, of no less intelligence and respecta- 

 bility. 



Squankum Marl. 



From our limited opportunity of observation through Monmouth 

 county, we are unable to give particulars, but from what we saw 

 and heard from those who know, we are satisfied that the most 

 sandy portions of this county are being rapidly redeemed to profit- 

 able cultivation, by the use of squankum marl, which is delivered 

 along the line of the Raritan and Delaware Bay railroad at eight 

 cents a bushel. Applied at the rate of 100 bushels per acre, it 

 gives a dressing equal to or better than an ordinary dressing of 

 stable manure, and upon these light soils produces a much better 

 effect, for it enables the cultivator to get a good paying crop of 

 almost any kind of farm product, though of course the best 

 returns are in fruita and market garden vegetables. 



Although the season is two weeks later than usual, the sight 

 along the road was most charming, particularly the great clover 



