136 CULTURE OF THE STRAWBERRY. 



pistillate plants, with a proportion of about one-tenth male or 

 staminate plants for fertilizing. 



The amount sold has been ascertained by a Committee 

 appointed by the Horticultural Society. The Committee 

 reported the quantity in market each day during the most 

 productive portion of the strawberry season, commencing on 

 the 19th of May and ending on the 12th of June, — a period 

 of twenty-two days, — in which time they state the aggregate 

 amount at 4,150 bushels, being an average of nearly 200 

 bushels per day. Other estimates make the quantity much 

 greater. 



This product of fruit, compared with other markets, and 

 the quantity of ground cultivated, furnishes conclusive evi- 

 dence of the success in attending to the cultivation of stami- 

 nate and pistillate varieties. 



Jacob Hoffner, jr., minority on 5th position. 



William Smith, 



R. Buchanan, 



George Graham, 



A. H. EwiNG, 



A. H. Ernst, 



J. G. Anthony, minority on the 6th position. 



S. MOSHER, 



S. S. Jackson, 



Committee. 

 Cincinnati, June \Zth, 1846. 



