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a few times around the trunk of the tree. He saw a band removed 

 from a tree at Newark, and found about 200 of the insects which 

 had secreted themselves to undergo the change to millers. It is 

 satisfactorily proved that many worms leave the fruit before it 

 falls, and crawling down the trunk secure a lodgment under these 

 bonds, where they can easily be killed. 



Thursday, Ai(g. 2. — The club w\as up betimes, and after strol- 

 ling about and getting some magnifi£eut prospects from the sur- 

 rounding hills, and an equally magnificent breakfast at the hotel, 

 started for the blackberry patch, first j^roviding baskets, to test 

 the carrying properties of the fruit. Arrived at Mr. Coursen's, 

 and tested his home-made wine. The l^lackerries were soon 

 reached, a glimpse of which showed that Mr. V illiams hazarded 

 nothing in offering them for inspection. The canes were strong 

 and tall — too high for profit — and loaded down with very large, 

 ripe and sweet fruit. In size it was fully equal to the Lawton — 

 larger than we usually see that variet}^ — more in shape of the 

 long, wild sort, of honeyed sweetness, no core, and the seeds less 

 conspicious than in the Lawton ; but we must allow the committee 

 to speak of these particulars. Suffice it to say that, spending an 

 industrious hour among them, who left the canes less burthened, 

 and returned to the hotel, where, after dining, an organization 

 was again had, at which the following were unanimously passed : 



Resolved^ That having this day, August 2, visited the fields of 

 the Kittatinny blackberry in cultivation at Newton, N. J., and 

 tested the fruit now in perfection, we deem it due both to Mr. 

 Williams of Montclair, and the horticultural public, to state that 

 we regard this new variety recently introduced b}^ Mr. Williams, 

 worthy of unqualified praise. The hardiness, vigor, and produc- 

 tiveness of the plant, and the size and unsurpassed flavor of the 

 fruit seem to leave nothing further to be desired in a blackberry 

 ripening at this period of the summer, both for private gardens 

 and for market. Also, 



llesolved^ That the thanks of this gathering of horticulturists 

 be tendered to E. Williams and Mr. Coursen for their candor, 

 kindness and courtesy in aiding the prosecution of our investiga- 

 tion, and also to the citizens of Newton for the interest they have 

 manifested and the attentions they have shown us. Also, 



Resolved, That our consideration and thanks are sincerely due 

 and are hereby heartly tendered to J. and H. M. Ward, the pro- 

 proprietors of the Anderson House, Newton, for their attentions 



