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four years. It is a great bearer, but only second rate in size and 

 flavor, while it is a great deal of work to pick them. Mr. Richard- 

 son inquired why the highest prize for raspberries was awarded to 

 the Saunders over the Herstine. He thought the appearance of the 

 latter far superior to that of the former. 



E. W. Wood, a member of the Fruit Committee, replied that the 

 Committee were unanimous in the opinion that in quality the 

 Saunders was superior to the Herstine. Mr. Wood referred to the 

 Hornet Raspberry, exhibited for several 3'ears by William H. 

 Barnes, which he thought promising. He also spoke of the 

 Narragansett raspberry, a native of Providence, and exhibited here 

 by the originator, from whom the speaker procured plants. These 

 plants bore a second crop, which ripened in October, and he then 

 picked a considerable quantity. The canes which bear this second 

 crop die after it is ripe. 



N. B. White and B. G. Smith said that the Hornet has the same 

 characteristic. 



Mr. Richardson had cultivated the Narragansett, and discarded 

 it. He thought the Merveille de Quatre Saisons a magnificent 

 raspberry for amateur cultivation. 



The Chairman remarked that the Catawissa was the most produc- 

 tive of all the ever bearing varieties, but was valueless for the 

 market. 



Marshall P. Wilder said that he imported the Hornet and another 

 variety raised by M. Souchet, more than twenty years ago. The 

 Hornet is the largest of all raspberries ; it is not of first quahty, 

 but is a strong grower and bears fairly. The other variety' raised 

 by M. Souchet was a white one, and bears the name of the origi- 

 nator. It is a most abundant bearer, and, parting freely from the 

 core, is very easily gathered. Mr. Wilder tliought he had picked 

 more from it than from an}' other kind, and regarded it as one of 

 his standard varieties. He did not think the Philadelphia worth 

 growing. Knevett's Giant is a splendid variety. The histories of 

 this and of the Franconia ijesemble each other, and are quite curious. 

 The Knevett's Giant was sent from England to Mr. Wilder, by 

 Messrs. Chandler & Co., with a lot of camellias. Mr. Wilder 

 afterwards wrote to Messrs. Chandler for more, and was informed 

 that the little bundle sent him was brought in by an unknown per- 

 son, and was all they had ever had of the variety. The first intro- 

 duction of the Franconia was by two plants sent by Vilmorin, of 

 Paris, to Samuel G. Perkins, Cvlva which all those in the country 



