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growing with such vigor, and yet there was no expense laid out 

 other than might be on almost every farm in the State, and if 

 sut^cient influence could be thrown out from the pomological 

 society in regard to the cultivation of the better fruits and more 

 of them, in regard to cultivating more flowers, in regard to sur- 

 roundings of the children while at school or at home it would be 

 doing a grand work, and I hope in the future this may be 

 realized. 



Air. MuNSON — In connection with extending the work of this 

 society it seems to me that these field meetings are perhaps the 

 work of the society in one way. We go to some place, to some 

 leading orchardist's place, and there we learn in a practical way 

 what somebody might tell us about from now till doom's day 

 and we would not take it in. I wish this society, next year, 

 might meet at some place and take some of these practical les- 

 sons. In Connecticut some of the most important meetings of 

 the society are held at the home of Mr. Hale, in his strawberry 

 field. Here and now, I should like to ask the members of the 

 society to come over to the University for a summer meeting 

 next summer. I shall be very glad to have a field meeting held 

 at the University and we can discuss what the Experiment Sta- 

 tion can do for the society and the society for the Station. 



DISCUSSION. 



Q.- Will Air. Pope tell us something about the strawberry 

 which he exhibits without any name? 



A. Two years ago our little girl was out in the field looking 

 for strawberries and discovered one plant whose berries were 

 much larger than the others. So she brought it up and put it 

 in the garden and that is the first fruit we have had from it. 

 What it will amount to of course we can't say. The size is 

 pretty good, the quality very good. 



While I am up I want to say a word about the quality. I 

 went to the row this morning with the spade to take up those 

 plants, I said, those berries are most too small, but perhaps they 

 will help out the exhibition. The Clyde, I had a dozen or more 

 come from New Hampshire last year as I wanted something to 

 give pollen to fertilize the blooms of the Greenville and Crescent 

 which generally give us the most fruit, but it is necessary to 



