so MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



As Mr. J. F. C. Hyde, who did much for fruit cuUure, said in 

 an address before the Massacluisetts Board of Agricuhure in 1868, 

 "Then cuhivate fruit; plant for yourselves; plant for your children; 

 plant for your neighbor away off in distant cities; plant for the 

 stranger that may come among you; plant for all and let all enjoy 

 earth's richest fruits without stint or measure." 



]Mr. Wheeler stated, in concluding his remarks, that he had en- 

 deavored to keep in mind the needs of both amateur and profes- 

 sional growers, although it was difficult to apply the same methods 

 to both classes of growers. 



Lysander S. Richards of Marshfield said he could not let the 

 omission of the Marshall strawberry from the list of the best ten 

 commercial varieties go by without noticing it. It ranks high in 

 JMarshfield where it was first brought out by Marshall Ewell. He 

 , noticed the Brandywine in the list of the best ten, but he consid- 

 ered it one of the poorest and had discarded it. Many seem to have 

 bad luck with raspberries from winter killing. He did not lay down 

 his plants and rarely suffered from this cause, but his location on 

 the South Shore may be the reason for it. He considered the Cuth- 

 bert as the most hardy and popular. He recommended keeping 

 a flock of hens in the raspberry patch, for where they went the 

 vines were more luxuriant and the berries larger. 



]\Ir. Wheeler stated in regard to the Marshall strawberry that 

 it bloomed too early and the buds were liable to be injured by the 

 frost. He had no fault to find with the cjuality of the fruit. The 

 reason it did so well in Marshfield was that it was much warmer 

 there than in towns north and west of Boston. In answer to a ques- 

 tion he said that he did not advise the cultivation of strawberries 

 under currant bushes. 



Samuel H. Warren said that he had no fault to find with the 

 Marshall fruit but it was not a profitable berry to grow; you do not 

 get much of a crop. You will always find that a variety does best 

 where it originated, for there are found the conditions best suited 

 for it. He preferred setting out plants in the fall, thereby gaining 

 four to ten weeks' growth. 



William N. Craig quite agreed with the plan of setting out straw- 

 berries in the fall, thereby getting a crop in ten months. He said 



