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FEUIT-GROWERS' SOCIETY OF WESTEKN N. YORK. 



The " Spring Meeting" of this Society was held 

 in Rochester, on the 30th and 31st days of June. 

 The President, H. P. Norton of Brockport, occu- 

 pied the chair. 



The collection of fruit on the table was not as 

 large as at some previous sessions. Strawberries, 

 on account of the dry weather, were not as large 

 as are usually presented, and the Cherries were 

 only fair. 



The following are the names of exhibitors : 



Hooker, Farley & Co., Brighton ; 



E. W. Sylvester, Lyons; 



Geo. Newland, Palmyra; 



Jos. DUQUET, ; 



Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester ; 

 Bissell & Salter, " 



C. W. Seelye, " 



Mrs. M. GOODENATT, " 



A. Frost & Co., " 



H. E. Hooker & Co., " 



STRAWBERRIES. 



The subject of Strawberries was fully discussed, 

 in answer to the question — "Which of the new 

 American and foreign Strawberries are worthy of 

 general or extensive cultivation — which for ama- 

 teurs and which for market ; the best time to plant 

 and the best manner of cultivation, for amateur 

 and for market gardener ?" 



"W". B. Smith, of Syracuse, had cultivated Long- 

 wortJi's Prolific^ and found it quite hardy and an 

 abundant bearer. 



Dr. Sylvester, of Lyons, stated that it was of 

 medium size, good quality, and the plants perfectly 

 hardy. 



P. Barry thought this variety good and prolific, 

 •but might be dispensed with. He considered the 

 Jenny Lind a very valuable and desirable sort, on 

 account of its extreme earliness. 



C. L. HoAG, of Lockport, considered the Hooker 

 the most valuable Strawberry he ever cultivated ; 

 from a bed of them, 10 feet by 15, he had this sea- 

 son picked 15 quarts, and there were many more 

 yet to be gathered — at the rate of over 150 bushels 

 per acre. The flavor is fully equal to Burr's New 

 Pine, and superior to every other variety that' he 

 knew of. 



H. E. Hooker had proved the Hooker several 

 years before he oftered it to the public, and be- 

 lieved it to be superior to any other that he had 

 ever known. The berries ripen in succession over 

 a long space of time, which is a desirable feature 

 for an amateur. The fruit is too soft to transport 

 far. 



G. Newland, of Palmyra, had grown the Hooker 

 for one year, and from twenty-seven plants ob- 

 tained a year ago he should be able to pick three 

 bushels of fruit. 



A. PiNNEY, of Clarkson, thought the Hooker one 

 of the finest berries — would select it if obliged to 

 grow but one. He thought the Gushing a good 

 market berry. 



H. E. Hooker had raised Wilson's Seedling, and 

 it appeared remarkably productive — quality me- 



dium — flowers perfect — berry fine, and would 

 bear transportation well. 



E. Frost thought Wilson's Albany to be the most 

 hardy and productive, but the Hooker far surpasses 

 it in flavor. 



W. P. TowNSEND, of Lockport, had cultivated 

 the Genesee for several years, and thought very well 

 of it. 



H. E. Hooker had found the Genesee hardy, pro- 

 ductive, and of fair quality. 



Dr. Sylvester had cultivated it for six years, and 

 found it good and quite productive. 



P. Barry stated Scott's Seedling to be a beautiful 

 berry — distinct in appearance, but the quality is 

 not very good. 



n. E. Hooker: Scott's Seedling is immensely 

 productive, but of poor quality. 



E. Frost said that Scott's Seedling is a great 

 bearer and good grower — the berries of fine color, 



H. E. Hooker said that the Moyamensing and 

 Pennsylvania are good bearers. The Grimson Gone 

 is superior to Burr's New Pine and Hovey's Seed- 

 ling. Burr's New Pine is too tender. 



G. Newland stated that Hovey's Seedling would 

 not compare with Grimson Gone for profit. 



Dr. Sylvester liked Burr's Nc^o Pine and Ho- 

 vey's Seedling well : had never cultivated Grimson 

 Gone. The Pine he found hardy in the most ex- 

 posed localities, and it is very productive. 



W. P. TowNSEND said the Crimson Gone would 

 yield twice as much as Hovey's Seedling or Burr's 

 Neto Pine. 



T, G. Yeomans, of Walworth, found Pealody's 

 Seedling to be not very highly flavored, but had 

 not sufficiently tested it to be able to give an 

 opinion. 



G. Nemland said that the Peabody is a rapid 

 grower, flavor very good, size large ; from his pres- 

 ent experience, would think it a very good variety. 



Dr. Sylvester thought it pretty good. 



Geo. Ellwanger recommended Triomphe de 

 Gand as one of the best foreign sorts, both for 

 amateurs and for market. It is a beautiful large 

 berry, firm flesh and good quality. 



CULTIVATION OF THE STHAWBEEET, 



Dr. Sylvester pi-eferred a strong soil, deeply 

 trenched and well manured. The best time for 

 transplanting is spring ; would allow the plants to 

 form runners until they covered the ground, and 

 would then mark oflf the bed into strips and spade 

 in alternate ones ; the fresh dug ground would du- 

 ring the summer become filled with young plants, 

 and the next season after bearing would dig in the 

 spaces left the previous year, and thus continue 

 year after year, 



P. Barry thought spring the best time for trans- 

 planting. Plants cultivated in rows would produce 

 the. finest fruit ; horse culture may be employed 

 when growing for market. 



H. E. Hooker, when growing for market, pre- 

 ferred to turn over a clover sod, and put the plants 

 in rows four feet apart, and one foot apart in the 

 rows. Cultivate with the horse until the runners 

 spread, so that it is impossible to do so without 

 destroying the plants, and then depend on the hoe. 

 Liked very early planting, in the spring, and before 

 the plants had made much growth. 



G. Newland : Always cultivated Strawberries 

 in rich soil ; preferred spring planting ; thought the 



