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Itcrries ever exhibited by any member of tlie Society. There were 

 other baskets of this variety which were very handsome, as also of 

 otlier varieties. This exhibition was not as large in quantity as 

 some of previous years, but in the size, beauty, and quality of the 

 fruit, it was quite up to the average of past seasons. 



July 1st, E. P. Richardson exhibited a very fine collection (^f 

 strawberries. July 8th, he received the first prize for late straw- 

 berries, for La Constante, and the second prize, for Kentucky. lie 

 also exhibited a collection of strawberries on the loth of July. 



Seedhngs have been exhibited as follows: July 17th, Moore's 

 seedling xso. 20. Large, generally conical, but irregular in foran ; 

 color deep brilliant scarlet, but coloring somewhat irregularly, the 

 tips of some remaining white ; flesh white, tinged with red next the 

 outside ; hollow at core ; flesh fimi, qualit}' good. Nos. 27 and 28 

 correspond so nearly with No. 26 in size, color, and quality, that 

 an}- other description is considered unnecessar3^ The Crescent 

 seedling was shown by H. H. Smith, of West Haven, Conn., June 

 27th. Large ; deep, brilliant, glossy scarlet ; obtuse conical or 

 wedge shape, >vith a suture at the apex ; flesh, orange scarlet, solid 

 at centre, pretty soft, of rather harsh acid. A truss of fruit showed 

 a disposition to ripen' evenly and bring all to good size. June 24th. 

 N. B. White exhibited trusses of eight varieties of seedlings, con- 

 taining ripe and green fruit. From their appearance we should 

 judge some might be- very prolific, but we cannot say much about 

 the quality, as there were but few ripe berries of each variety. 



July 22d, Marshall P. Wilder was awarded the Prospective Prize 

 for the best Seedling Strawberry, after a public trial of three years, 

 for his seedling. President Wilder, for its size, beauty, and quality. 

 This seedling was produced in 1861, and put upon the market in 

 August, 1869. It is considered a valuable acquisition, more par- 

 ticularly by amateur growers for home consumption, as its quality 

 is fully equal to any other variety. By some it is said to be an 

 abundant bearer, and it also succeeds well in frames under glass. 



Cherries. — We have nothing new to report upon in the line of 

 cherries. The old varieties have been shoM'n, in about the same 

 amount and by the same persons as for the past few years. C. E. 

 Grant exhibited Elton, May Bigarreau, Black Tartarian and Black 

 Eagle ; Isaac P. Langworthy, Knight's Early Black ; B. B. Davis, 

 Black Eagle ; C. N. Brackett, Black Bigarrreau ; Frank M. Gilley 

 and Charles F. Curtis, Downer's Late. All of these were fine 

 specimens. 



