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at his request that a committee of the Farmers' Club should now 

 pronounce upon it. In reply to numerous questions, Mr. Pettit 

 said it was perfectly hardy, standing where the Lawton winter- 

 killed, and is about a week earlier than that variety. 



Mr. Kelsey of Newton, and Mr. Taber of Brooklyn, N. Y., both 

 indorsed its hardiness, and spoke well of its productiveness and 

 the good qualities of the fruit. Mr. K. called it as productive as 

 the Lawton and with him of larger size. One great superiority 

 of the Kittatinny was, that it is ripe when black, while with the 

 Lawton only those which are just ready to drop are ripe and 

 sv/eet, but pickers do not generally discriminate. It is fully a 

 week earlier than the Lawton. In response to the coldness of the 

 past winter, Mr. K. stated that the mercury fell 20° belov/ zero, 

 and that for days it ranged from 16° to 18°, killing the paper mul- 

 berry and the Isabella grape vines. The berry does not turn red 

 by keeping. A fruit dealer of the place stated in reply to their 

 keeping, tliat he could not keep them — they went off so quickl}'. 

 Mr. Williams called them a week early than the Lawton, and 

 found they bore carriage and exposure well. He was sceptical at 

 first, in view of praises frequently bestowed upon fruit aljout being 

 put out. He examined the thing thoroughly, and at his first visit 

 to inspect them, he picked fruit on Wednesday and carried it 60 

 miles to New York on that day. It was shown at the fruit 

 growers' meeting the next day, and on Friday was still in good 

 condition, with no change of color. 



Dr. Smith said he had been purchasing the berries in market 

 for a week, and it must ])e borne in mind that on their elevated 

 ground, 900 feet above tide water, the season was nearl}' a week 

 later than at Newark. 



Mr. Williams said he was unwilling to be instrumental in foist- 

 ing anything upon the public until well satisfied of its superior 

 qualities, and to test the plant thoroughly on different soils and 

 situations, he had given plants to various parties to report upon, 

 some as far North as Michigan, and theaccountn were entirely satis- 

 factory ; so last fall he decided to place them before the public. 



Mr. Price grew the Kittatinny by the side of the Lawtons, and 

 found the former bore one-fourth more than the latter — they could 

 not hold more — and he gave decided preference to the Kittatinny. 

 Mr, J. C. Thompson, of Staten Island, said his Lawtons were 

 badly cut down l>y the extreme cold weather last winter, and that 

 he should not have one-fourth of a crop. 



