PROCEEDINGS OF THE FARMERS' CLUB. 187 



September 4, 1866. 

 Mr. Nathan C. Ely in the chair ; Mr. John W. Chambers, Sec. 

 Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter. — I congratuhite the members of the 

 club that our sessions are resumed. The vast amount of informa- 

 tion disseminated at these meeting have, no doubt, been of great 

 benefit to the agricultural population of our country. I am ^^atified 

 to iind the Chairman occupying the post that he has filled with 

 such satisfaction to the members of the club. 



The Kittatinny Blackberry. 



The Chairman. — During the recess of the Farmers' Club, Mr. 

 E. Williams, of Montclair, N. J., requested a committee from the 

 club should be appointed to visit the fields of Kittatinny black- 

 berries, at Newton, Sussex county, N. J., and report to the club in 

 relation to the same. 



The Chairman, in accordance with the above invitation, appointed 

 the followinoj committee : 



Messrs. John G. Bergen, Wm. S. Carpenter, P. T. Quinn, S. 

 Edwards Todd, E. J. Dodge, to which the Chairman, Mr. Nathan 

 C. Ely, and the Secretary, Mr. John W. Chambers, were added. 



This committee now respectfully reports : That on Thursday, 

 the 2d day of August, your committee visited Newton, Sussex 

 count}', N. J., the place where this blackberry was first brought 

 into notice. On our arrival we were agreeably disappointed to 

 find some twenty-five of the most distinguished pomologists and 

 small fruit cultivators had arrived there upon the same mission as 

 your committee. 



The history of this berry was furnished by the Rev. Mr. Pcttit, 

 who informed your committee that it was discovered about twenty 

 years ago by a Mr. Wolverton, who found it growing wild in the 

 woods near the Kittatinny mountains, in Warren count}', N. J., 

 who being struck with its good qualities, removed some of the 

 plants to his garden, but gave them little thought or cultivation. 

 They grew luxuriantly, and some five years later the Kcv. Mr. 

 Dunn obtained some plants and set them in the Rectory garden 

 of Christ Church, Newton, but the berry claimed little attention 

 until he, Mr. Pettit, succeeded Mr. Dunn as pastor, about eight 

 years ago. Discovering their merits, he and Mr. G. H. Coursen, an 

 enterprising farmer, began their cultivation, setting them in hills 

 eight feet apart, and kept them free of weeds. The result was a 

 heavy crop, and they decided to introduce the variety as some- 

 thing valuable. It was subsequently put into the hands of Mr. E. 



