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to Waterloo, where the train over the branch road to Newton was 

 in waiting. Arrived at this latter place, and doing justice to a 

 bountiful table furnished by the gentlemanly proprietors of the 

 Anderson House, Messrs. J. & H. M. Ward, the blackberry in 

 question forming a desert ; the company collected in the hall 

 above and organized by calling N. C. Ely, president of the club, 

 to the chair, while the secretary, John W. Chambers, officiated in 

 that capacity. The hall was well filled by citizens of the place, 

 together with the investigating delegation of the following per- 

 sons, viz. : 



J. G. Bergen, Brooklyn ; Dr. J. A. Warder, Cincinnati, Ohio ; 

 S. B, Parsons, Flushing, N. Y. ; Wra. Parry, Cinnaminsin, N. J. ; 

 J. W. Chaml)ers, Brooklyn ; W. W. Conover, J. West, Middleton, 

 N. J. ; I. Buchanan, New York ; D. D. Buchanan, Elizabeth, N. 

 J.; E. Williams, R. T. Dodge, Moiitclair, N. J.; J. S. Eastmond, 

 H. E. Smith, Port Monmouth, N. J.; N. C. Ely, W. J. Duncan, 

 New York ; J. Jellitf, M. Price, P. T. Quiim, Newark, N. J.; P. 

 J. Ward, Bloomfield, N. J.; R. VV. Holton, Haverstraw, N. Y.; 

 J. H. Bowden, Freehold, N. J.; J. M. Johnson, Binghamton, N. Y.; 

 J. S. Collins, T. S. Andrews, E. Roberts, Moorestown,N. J.; W. F. 

 Bassett, Elammonton, N. J.; W. F. Cowdery, Sandusk}^, Ohio; 

 J. C. Thompson, Staten Island ; O. J. Weeks, Monroe county, 

 N. Y., and the Tribune reporter, together with a few ladies. 



After appropriate introductory remarks by the chair. Mr. Ber- 

 gen moved that the sul)}ect of blackberries be taken up, as that was 

 what we were so far from home to examine, and the Rev. N. 

 Pettit was called upon for the history of the Kittatinny. 



IMr. Pettit responded by saying, that about 20 years ago a Mr. 

 Wolverton discovered it Sfrowins^ wild in the woods near the Kit- 

 tatiny mountains in Warren county, N. J.,and struck with its good 

 qualities he set the plants in his garden, but gave them little 

 thought or cultivation. They grew luxuriantly, and some five 

 years later the Rev. Dr. Dunn came into possession of the place, 

 procured some plants and set out in the garden of the rectory, but 

 the berry in question claimed little attention until he, Mr. Pettit, 

 succeeded Mr. Dunn as parson, about eight years ago. Discover- 

 ing their merits, he and Mr. G. H. Courseu began their cultivation, 

 setting them in hills eight feet apart, and kept down the weeds. 

 The ^result was a heavy crop, and they decided to introduce the 

 variety as something valuable. It was subsequently put into the 

 hands of Mr. E. Williams of Montclair, for dissemination, and it is 



