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and we would therefore call the attention of the Society to the 

 advisability of requesting the different Agricultural colleges of 

 New England to send specimens of fruit to our exhibitions. We 

 feel sure that this would be of great interest and value to our exhibi- 

 tors, as these institutions have opportunities for growing and 

 testing fruit and developing new varieties that are not possessed 

 by the amateur or commercial grower. 



Owing to the late season, combined with dark and wet weather 

 for a week previous to the exhibition, strawberries were not in the 

 best condition at the Rose and Strawberry Show; hence there 

 were not as many exhibited as were expected. 



George F. Wheeler of Concord ^^'as the largest exhibitor of straw- 

 berries staging about fifty baskets, containing such varieties as 

 Bubach, Brandywine, ]Minute ]Man, Clyde, Haverland, Sample, 

 ]\Iarshall, Senator Dunlap, Nick Ohmer, Parson's Beauty, jNIead, 

 and Granville. These last two were exhibited for the first time. 

 Granville, which was awarded first pi'ize for any other variety 

 in class 190, is a very promising garden variety of the best quality. 



A. W. Clark of Providence, R. I., exhibited Cardinal, Challenge, 

 and Victor for the first time. Cardinal is a very promising straw- 

 berry of most brilliant color, productive and of good quality. Mr. 

 Clark showed a number of fruit stems of Cardinal from which one 

 could see the wonderful productiveness of the plant. Victor is a 

 very flat berry, cockscomb in shape; very large and of fair quality. 



I. E. Coburn of Everett staged about twenty-five baskets of 

 strawberries containing such varieties as INIinute ]Man, Belmont, 

 Jessie, Brandywine, Klondike, Haverland, and ^Marshall. 



George V. Fletcher staged about eighteen baskets containing 

 such varieties as jNIarshall, Belmont, Sample, and Brandywine. 

 ]\Ir. Fletcher's ■Nlarshalls were very fine. 



Among other exhibitors in the fruit class were ]Miss S. B. Fay, 

 John Ward, Warren Heustis & Son, and Elias L. Wheeler. N. B. 

 White exhibited for the first time a seedling strawberry very much 

 like ]Marshall in color and size, but of much better flavor and far 

 more productive. This was awarded first prize for any new variety 

 not previously exhibited. 



S. H. Warren of Weston showed Great Scott, Golden Gate^ 

 Brandywine, Glen ]Mary, Sample, and Miller. 



