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The Chairman, Mr. Pardee, and Mr. Carpenter corroborated 

 these statements, and spoke favorably of this raspberry. 



Mr. Gale referred to the immense amount of money expended 

 annually in preserving strawberries, as an evidence that they are 

 desired out of their season, and that it is most desirable that 

 late strawberries should be grown, if possible. All sorts of fruit 

 should be in the market as long as possible, for it will conduce 

 not only to comfort but to health. While he could obtain the 

 fruit, it was his custom to make it one-third to one-half of his 

 diet, and he never enjoyed more energy or vigor of body or mind 

 than during that season. 



Mr. Robinson suggested that the Farmers' Club memorialize 

 the Legislature to forbid the selling of berries excepting in mea- 

 sured baskets. The true way is to sell them by the pound ; but 

 any kind of measure is better than the present way of selling 

 fruit and vegetables in this market. 



CURRANTS. 



The Chairinan exhibited varieties of currants. 



Mr. Pardee referred to the fact that professedly new varieties 

 are frequently got up to sell, receiving new names, although 

 identical with the old varieties. He preferred the Versailles to 

 any other for a red currant. 



Mr. Hite, while recommending the Versailles currant, also 

 recommended the red Dutch. 



The Chairman said that he had five varieties of the currant, 

 all of which he believed to be identical with the cherry currant. 

 He had received the last year three new strawberf^es, all of 

 which proved to be the Wilson; and another new strawberry 

 will appear next year, which will also be the Wilson. The red 

 Imperial he presumed was identical with the Cherry currant. 

 The white Holland is the white Grape. The Gloire de Sablons 

 has been highly recommended at Washington ; but it is a little 

 diminutive currant, with a stripe in it, and this paper contains 

 the whole crop from five bushes. Here is the Imperial Jaune, 

 which is certainly a fine currant ; but I really think it is the 

 White Grape. 



Mr. Hite considered the flavor different. 



The Chairman. — Here is the Imperial red. I think this will 

 turn out to be another old one. I have come to the conclusion 

 that there are but two or three currants worth cultivating. The 



