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Hervey Davis ami Wilder strawberries, the former of which is 

 a seedling from the latter. He commended the Jewell as a very 

 remarkable variety ; one plant had fifteen frnit stems, averaging 

 ten berries to a stem. The Prince is probably a parent of the 

 Jewell ; it is as high flavored as an}- variety, makes a large stool, 

 and bears nn abundance of fruit. The Triomphe de Gand continues 

 to grow witli him as well as any other kind ; a neighbor culti- 

 vates hnlf an acre and has no other. The Parr}' is jjromising. Of 

 raspberries the Sonchetti, imported thirty years ago, took the first 

 prize last year, and is perhaps the most valuable kind for iamily 

 use. The Marlborough is a most remarkable grower; he had ex- 

 hibited here a cane nine feet in length. It is not of the highest (pial- 

 ity, but is very productive and seems perfectly hardy. It pro- 

 duces a host of suckers — sometimes fifty to a stool — which must be 

 kept down or the crop will fail. The Caroline, which is a true 

 hyl)ri(l betweeu the Brinckle's Orange and a Blackcap, is hard}' and 

 valuable. 



O. B. Iladweu, Chairman of the Committee on Publication and 

 Discussion, remarked that all present had been interested in the 

 discussion, and had learned from the practical experience of those 

 who had spoken, and perhaps from long observation of their own, 

 that new seedling fruits are necessary to take the place of those 

 which have gone out. He announced for the next Saturday a paper 

 on the " Cultivation and Transplanting of Forest Trees " by Wil- 

 liam C. Stronsr. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, January 23, 188G. 



An adjourned moctiug of the Society was holden at 11 o'clock, 

 Vice-President Hkn.iamin G. SMrrn in the chair. 



On motion ol' Francis H. Appleton it was unaniniously Voted^ 

 That the State Board of Agriculture be requested to consider the 

 desirability of re(juirhifj that every incorporated agiicultural so- 

 ciety, receiving the State Bounty, shall include the subject of For- 

 estry in their aiuiual discussions at their Farmer's Institutes. 



Adjourned to Saturday, January 30. 



