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lings to be disseminated this year, but let their merits be estab- 

 lished by another year's trial ; let this club appoint another 

 committee who will test their value and report after another 

 year's fruiting. We shall then have something reliable, and 

 public confidence will be established. In testing Mr. Fuller's 

 seedlings, the committee adopted the following requisites to 

 entitle a variety to consideration : large size, good flavor, high 

 color, firm and solid, great productiveness, foot stalks well up, 

 and good foliage. The committee believe that the following six 

 varieties possess, the foregoing properties, in a greater degree, 

 than any other kinds that they are acquainted with. They name 

 the following seedlings in their order of excellence, using the 

 numbers heretofore affixed : 



" No. 5, named by the committee, ' Fa^'mers' Club,' is of the 

 largest size, flavor very good, color a beautiful glossy crimson, 

 flesh dark pink, solid, firm, foliage good, footstalks well up, very 

 productive, staminate or perfect flower, seedling of the Wilson, 

 first year's fruiting, very promising of being well worthy of cul- 

 tivation. 



" No. 53, named ' Brooklyn Scarlet,' size large, flavor best, 

 color brilliant scarlet, shape long, pointed cone, solid, firm, very 

 productive, foliage good, footstalks well up, perfect flower, fruited 

 two years, and shows no deterioration. 



" No. 20, named at the suggestion of Solon Robinson, was ' Col. 

 Ellsworth,' size very large, oblong, irregular cone, with neck, 

 color dark crimson, flavor good, solid, flesh dark pink, ripens 

 early, foliage good, footstalks well up, as productive as the Wil- 

 son, perfect flower, fruited two years, very promising, seedling of 

 Peabody's seedling and a remarkable fine berry. 



" No. 42, named ' Great Eastern,' extra large, brilliant scarlet 

 flower, good, solid, tolerably firm, very productive, foliage good, 

 footstalks well up, perfect flower, fruited two years. The com- 

 mittee believe this to be one of the largest berries in cultivation. 



" No. 7, named ' Ridgewood,' size large, flavor best, color 

 dark crimson, solid, tolerably firm, very productive, foliage good, 

 footstalks well up, perfect flower, fruited two years, promises well. 



" No. 34, named 'Nero,' very large, color dark glossy maroon, 

 Beeds yellow and very prominent, solid, very firm, and dark 

 throughout, very prolific, flavor very good, foliage good, foot- 

 stalks medium, pistillate, fruited two years, promises well. 



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