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productive ; but by the time you have carried it five miles it will 

 look as if it had been picked for three days ; and that is sufficient 

 to condemn it. Then I want a good quality. The Wilson has 

 not sugar enough in it. If we can get the quality of the Tri- 

 omphe de Gand or the Hooker, and the size and productiveness of 

 the Wilson, we shall accomplish something. Again, Ave want the 

 calyx to part readily from the fruit. We want all these things 

 combined. Out of 1,000 varieties of last year, I preserved 70; 

 and of these 70 I shall only preserve four for another year. I 

 have this year, seedlings, that have borne fruit for the first time, 

 that promise still better than anything I had last year ; but I 

 must test them thoroughly before I can endorse them. 



The Chairman appointed Messrs. Mead, Pardee, Carpenter, 

 and Roberts, as the committee to examine and report upon Mr. 

 Fuller's seedling strawberries. 



Mr. Hite exhibited a new seedling from the Wilson ; and re- 

 marked that he had two strawberry plants with the flavor of the 

 peach. 



Mr. Doughty had tasted of these strawberries, and could cor- 

 roborate the statement as to their flavor. 



Mr. Gale appealed to Mr. Fuller not to destroy the seedlings 

 which he had rejected, but to allow others to try them on other 

 soils. And he trusted he would not wait until he had obtained 

 every conceivable improvement before disseminating his plants, 

 but would take advantage of any real improvement however small. 



The Chairman remarked, that inventors A\ould sometimes aim 

 at something beyond their reach and failing to attain that would 

 leave what they did attain, which was really valuable to the ten- 

 der mercies of the world. He should expect the committee to 

 take care of these strawberries. 



Rev. Mr. Weaver read the following recipe for making straw- 

 berry syrup : Put 12 lbs. of strawberries into a pan, and pour over 

 them two quarts of water previously acidulated with 5 ounces of 

 tartaric acid. Let them remain 24 hours. Then strain, taking care 

 not to bruise the fruit. To each pint of clear juice add 1 A lbs. 

 of lump sugar, finely powdered. Stir it frequently, and when 

 quite dissolved, bottle the syrup. The whole process must be cold. 



FLOWERS. 



Mr. Fuller and Mr. Cavanach exhibited and distributed a large 

 number of specimens of beautiful and fragrant flowers. 



The subject of "Fruits and Flowers" was continued for dis- 

 cussion at the next meeting. Adjourned. 



