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except in one plcace, and that in Springfield, Illinois, and there 

 were only two quarts. I have had it growing over five years, and 

 last year it fruited for the first time, when I had two berries. 



Dr. Peck. — I object to Brinkle's Orange because it is not suited 

 to general cultivation. It suckers more than any other variety. 

 In short, it is only suited for a few localities. The Black-cap 

 raspberry is a good bearer, and last year I picked it for twenty- 

 three days. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter. — I grant that Brinkle's Orange thrives 

 best on heavy clay soils, and that it might not succeed on light 

 sandy ones. 



Dr. Sylvester, Lyons, N. Y. — It does well with me, but there 

 is a superior variety called "The Kirtland," from Ohio. It does 

 not need protection. 



Inquiry was made regarding a house for drying raspberries. 



Mr. Solon Robinson. — One can be built for ten dollars. Make 

 a furnace with stone, have the flue run along the ground ; over 

 this build a rough house, which need not be tight, and have 

 drawers with basket-like bottoms placed within standards. 



Mr. N. C. Meeker. — It is a better plan to have a small house 

 well constructed, lathed or plastered or ceiled, with blinds for 

 ventilation when necessarj^ and have it heated Math a stove. Such 

 need not cost over fifty dollars. They are common on the Ohio 

 western reserve, and one eight or ten feet square will dry ten 

 bushels of apples a day. 



Dr. Halleck spoke of the ease with which small fruits, and in 

 particular cherries, can be canned in glass jars. 



The chairman said he would indorse this. Last year he had 

 fifty jars of cherries put up in plain hot water, and next week he 

 would show specimens. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter. — The quince is greatly improved by 

 canning. I wish people would try it, even with one quince, and 

 they will learn how good it is. 



Dr. Peck. — Dried raspberries for several years have sold for 

 forty-five to sixty cents a pound, twice the price of raisins, and 

 they can be raised and dried for fifteen cents. People living at a 

 distance can engage in no business more profitable. 



Several members called attention to the fact that all our domes- 

 tic dried fruits sell higher than foreign ones, and that apples are 

 dearer than oranges or lemons. This would show the superiority 



