92 TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



Mr. Pardee. — In company with a number of gentlemen I visited 

 Mr. Fuller's grounds last year. We selected and marked some 

 50 or GO of his seedlings as superior. Some very large and fine 

 berries were thrown overboard because inferior in flavor. Some 

 of the berries we marked, we considered of the very highest fla- 

 vor, and the best berries in the market. It was universally con- 

 ceded that it was the best lot of seedlings we had ever seen, the 

 best in flavor as well as in productiveness. 



Mr. Carpenter. — I visited Mr. Fuller's place last week and was 

 surprised and delighted to see the efforts he has made to produce 

 the berries we now have here on exhibition. I found an exten- 

 sive plot devoted to the cultivation of seedling strawberries, and 

 containing many thousand seedlings. We discovered there a 

 great improvement over anything we had ever seen before. Seve- 

 ral of his seedlings appear to me to surpass the Wilson, Avhich I 

 consider one of the best berries we have, for general cultivation. 

 Nos. 53, 20, 42, 46, and 7, I selected as leing equal in every 

 respect to the Wilson; and I would prefer them to plant, to the 

 Wilson ; especially No. 46 and No. 20. I think this Society 

 should take some action upon the subject ; and I move that a 

 committee be appointed to visit Mr. Fuller's grounds, and to 

 examine his strawberries, and to name such as may in their 

 opinion be worthy of dissemination. 



The Chairman expressed his gratification at the results attained 

 by Mr. Fuller. 



Mr. Fuller. — I shall certainly object to any puffing of ray straw- 

 berries, although I shall be happy to meet the committee and 

 afford them every facility. I am working upon a platform ; and 

 when I can produce a strawberry to answer the requisites I have 

 prescribed, I shall be willing to have it sent forth ; but I must be 

 satisfied myself before I shall propagate or send out any new 

 variety. First, I want a berry that is productive, that will bear in 

 beds, or in common soils, and not merely in stools or in rich soils. 

 I do not want a berry that will run all to foliage like the Peabody, 

 or all fo fruit like the Wilson, on any soil; but one that will 

 accommodate itself to the soil. I want a fruit that will elevate 

 itself above the earth, by a good stout fruit stalk, capable at 

 least of lifting the berry out of the earth and laying it upon the 

 straw. I want a large berry; not very large and hollow or with 

 a tasteless white pith, but of a good size, solid, and uniform. I 

 want a good bright color. No. 34 is of excellent quality and 



