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glass. The principal trouble was in pollenization which had to be 

 clone by hand. 



Joseph S. Chase saiti that the best gooseberry was the Triumph. 

 He had grown all kinds and liad discarded all but this. He con- 

 sidered it the best variety grown in this cotmtry. 



!Mr. Wheeler said that the Triumph gooseberry was more adapted 

 for commercial growers than for amateurs. He asked Mr. Chase 

 how he got rid of mildew. 



'Sir. Chase replied that he cut it oti" and burned it. 



Mr. Craig stated that some doubt seemed to be expressed as to 

 the value of fall planting of strawberries for small growers. He 

 advised planting in July and August and the loss would be a very 

 small percentage. A neighbor of his set otit five thousand plants 

 last ]May and only five hundred lived, which showed the folly of 

 spring planting. 



Mr. ^Yheeler spoke of the custom of growing strawberries in a 

 barrel, and mentioned a report of twenty- five plants thus grown 

 which produced forty quarts. A whiskey barrel was used with 

 stones in the bottom for drainage and a drainpipe in the center. 

 Holes two and a quarter inches in diameter were bored in the sides 

 in which the plants were set out. They were frequently given 

 liquid manure and protected in the early spring. 



]\Ir. ^^'arren inqtiired if Mr. Wheeler had ever tried this experi- 

 ment. 



Mr. Wheeler replied that he had not. 



Mr. Warren said that he had tried it without success and would 

 not advise it, but his lack of success may have been on account of 

 his not getting the right brand of whiskey barrel. He said such 

 experiments resulted in a faikire ninety-nine times out of a hun- 

 dred. 



Mr. Craig remarked that one great trouble in barrel culture was 

 in not getting tiie soil sufficiently firm all around the barrel. He 

 said that kerosene oil barrels, washed out, were just as good as 

 whiskey barrels for this purpose. 



George F. Wheeler said that the average person must use potted 

 strawberry plants, and that fall planting should be recommended. 



An inquiry was made concerning the Mead and Commonwealth 

 strawberries which Mr. ^^'heelcr answered bv statine; that the Mead 



